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Steller's Sea Eagle


Steller's Sea Eagle
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Copyright: Greg Hume (greghume) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 214 W: 74 N: 556] (2080)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-08-02
Categories: Birds
Camera: Olympus C-700UZ
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/50 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-12-25 17:08
Viewed: 1591
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Steller's Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus, is one of the largest eagle species in the world, weighing between 14 - 19 pounds. It breeds in north-eastern Siberia, northern Japan and north Korea. It usually winters in Japan or Korea and occasionally along the Chinese coast and inland as far as Beijing. It is chiefly found on sea coasts or along large rivers not far inland.
Its main food source is large fish, principally salmon - both living and dead after spawing. It also takes large or medium-sized birds from Ptarmigan and Capercaillie to large ducks and geese, and mammals from the size of young hares to young seals, including carnivorous mammals such as the sable and arctic fox. Stranded fish, invertebrates such as crabs and molluscs, and carrion are also important.
Lead poisoning is a particular problem for this species. Between 1994 and 2000 one researcher in Japan identified 72 individual birds that were poisoned by ingesting lead shot. The problem arose from eagles feeding on Sika deer killed by hunters since Japanese regulations do not require that hunters remove carcasses from the field after removal of the meat. Japanese law was eventually changed to ban the use of lead in shotgun slugs and rifle bullets.
Taken at the Cincinnati Zoo. Shot with monopod, cropped, fencing in background was cloned out, noise removed with neat image.
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Neat portrait od a rare bird, I hope in a year or two to get shots of the real deal in its environment , Kamchatka or Taimir in far far ex-USSR...

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2703 W: 74 N: 8857] (30219)
  • [2004-12-25 17:46]

Wow! Proud bird, looks great. I like pose, eye and face. Good work Greg!

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)
  • [2004-12-26 11:43]

Yes, Greg, a good work. Not easy in a zoo to take good shots. Monopor, good idea, I never used it before.
A great post of this rare bird and a very educational note.
Thanks

Composition: ****
Sharpness: **
Color: ***
DOF: **
POV: ****
Note: ***

A bit less with neat image would have been better.
TFS.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-12-27 14:54]

Very good shot. The image is sharp and you did a good job of getting rid of the fence.

Very well done and thanks for posting.

Great shot of this rare species and good use of post processing to remove fencing etc. You have to be careful with NeatImage on plumage, to much can be worse than none. Well done.

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