{"id":39807,"date":"2026-05-28T14:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=39807"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:21:29","slug":"an-eagle-almost-3-football-fields-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=39807","title":{"rendered":"An Eagle Almost 3 Football Fields Away."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google Earth Pro. The yellow line measures the distance from me in my car to the tree with the eagle’s nest.<\/p><\/div>\n

Why would a photographer take a picture of a barely visible eagle that is 284 yards away? Because it is there!<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the way to one of our grandson’s ballgames last night, I saw the unmistakable shape of a large eagle’s nest off in the distance. As we drove by the tree, I saw something sticking up from the top of the nest but it could easily have been a dark chunk of tree trunk behind the nest<\/span>.<\/p>\n

On the way home after the game, I decided to check it out. I pulled off the highway at 250th Street (map above), a seldom traveled dirt country road, and got out my “toy camera” and a 55-250mm telephoto lens. I knew the lens would be inadequate at a distance of nearly 3 football fields away, but you do it anyway because photographers can temporarily be lacking in logic, reason, and sensibility!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The original, uncropped image resized for the web.<\/p><\/div>\n

With my camera ready to go, I waited for the traffic to clear on the highway. When no cars were visible from either direction, I drove down the highway until I was opposite the nest, pulled part way off the highway on the mostly non-existent shoulder, and clicked the shutter three times. It is very tiny in the frame but it is an eagle!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The center of the image at 100% “actual pixels” magnification.<\/p><\/div>\n

This looks to me like a young Bald Eagle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Inexpensive, Featherweight, “Toy” Camera Kit<\/a><\/p>\n

Can a $239 Lens Do The Job of a $2100 Lens?<\/a><\/p>\n

Pushing the Limits: $239 lens vs $2100 lens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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