Eagle photo for Joe!

[dreadnut]

Apparently, this is for real!

 

[davismanLV]

And EXTREMELY RARE alignment opportunity, or (more likely) Photoshop. That's what I'd say. Tom in Vegas

p.s. - or some fun genetic enhancement!! :lol: :lol:

 

[dreadnut]

Here's the link - photo was apparently taken in British Columbia.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... -2011.html

 

[taabru45]

Yep....we have a lot of those nasty guys up here Tom, and when they sh*t.....DUCK...... :lol: Steffan

 

[Ross]

That eagle has a slightly unreal look to it - none of its body is in shadow.

Second, Prince Rupert is one of the cloudiest places on earth. A clear blue sky is an unlikely sight there.

 

[dreadnut]

Ah, I missed that, Prince Rupert! Wasn't that the home of Boster de Bodycrab? :lol:

Yeah, the photo looks too perfect...the aircraft must be hidden behind the talons...

 

[frailer5]

Really hard not to be a bit sceptical, though I may be doing her a disservice. Have noticed that condensation trails can become obvious quite a distance behind the aircraft. Takes some little time for condensation to occur... aircraft has moved on quite a bit.... In which case the aircraft could be out of frame.
If it is for real, she was lucky. :?

 

[taabru45]

Are you familiar with 'chem trails'....?

 

[killdeer43]

The inner skeptic grins and rolls his eyes on this one....I'm just saying. The alignment is just too perfect and the eagle looks superimposed over the contrails. What are the odds? The eagle shot is good enough.

If this is another Photoshop-fun shot, so be it.
I don't own Photoshop but the folks I know who do, have a lot of fun toying with images. It's a turnoff for me; I like 'em real, but that's just me. :wink:

Joe

 

[frailer5]

That eagle has a slightly unreal look to it - none of its body is in shadow.

Second, Prince Rupert is one of the cloudiest places on earth. A clear blue sky is an unlikely sight there.

.... so she'd have had to be doubly lucky. :lol: Must admit, have only been over that way once, '97; Sept/Oct. Vancouver. Took a trip (bus?) to the top of the mountain there, up past the Capilano Bridge (Vancouverites will help me out); cloud...sitting in cloud. No views that day. We were flying out the next day or so.

 

[killdeer43]

That eagle has a slightly unreal look to it - none of its body is in shadow.

Second, Prince Rupert is one of the cloudiest places on earth. A clear blue sky is an unlikely sight there.

.... so she'd have had to be doubly lucky. :lol: Must admit, have only been over that way once, '97; Sept/Oct. Vancouver. Took a trip (bus?) to the top of the mountain there, up past the Capilano Bridge (Vancouverites will help me out); cloud...sitting in cloud. No views that day. We were flying out the next day or so.

It's a popular misconception, and possibly a way to keep the population down, but we do have blue sky around here, now and then.

Bald Eagle and Caspian Tern

The rain cleans the air so we have the bluest of blues. :wink:

Joe

 

[adorshki]

Really hard not to be a bit sceptical, though I may be doing her a disservice. Have noticed that condensation trails can become obvious quite a distance behind the aircraft. Takes some little time for condensation to occur... aircraft has moved on quite a bit.... In which case the aircraft could be out of frame.
If it is for real, she was lucky. :?

Along the same lines, there is also a phenomenon know as vortex condensation which is typically observed at the wingtips of fighters performing maneuvers like a roll.
Hard to imagine that could be occurring at the end of an eagle's talons though. 8)

 

[frailer5]

That's a blue sky.

I work in digital prepress. The original pic's looking 'photoshoppy' to me; the more I look at it.