Sea Eagle and Osprey, Nth Stradbroke Island

[StephenM]

Hi all,

I was camping on Straddie last weekend, and did a bit of 4WDing on the beaches with friends. I had my 70-200mm telephoto lens on the camera in the hope that we would encounter some birds, and I wasn't disappointed! We spotted a white bellied sea eagle in a tree, and as I approached it on foot it took off and swooped down close enough to fill the frame of my camera. And then we found an nice osprey that sat on a branch posing for me to take some images.

More on Flickr if you're interested.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[astroron]

Splendid pictures Stephen,so crisp.:)
Cheers:thumbsup:

[MortonH]

Wow - they are cracking shots, expecially the eagle in flight :thumbsup:

[AstralTraveller]

Two great shots, esp the eagle. BIF shots are dang difficult.

[astronobob]

Corkers Stephen :2thumbs:

[CJ]

Startling and beautiful!

[StephenM]

Thanks very much guys! I think I was very lucky to be able to capture these with a relatively-short 200mm lens.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Liz]

Wow, that 1st one is magnificent Stephen!! :thumbsup: