
Friday, 27th July 2007
White-Tailed Sea Eagle Fishing
by Filipe Silva
I spend one week in Norway working with sea-eagles. My main target was take some pictures with sea-eagles in action fishing but not the usual pictures with the sea-eagles fishing I want to take something special, something different. In early may we have lots of hours with sun light for work and very good light in Norway so I worked since sunrise till sunset (10pm). For taking this kind of pictures we use a boat and visit different places in the middle of the Norwegian fiords tying to find sea eagles in fly or fishing. One day I was lucky to find a sea-eagle fishing at sunset so I choose use my Canon 1dMKIIN instead of the my Canon 5D because of the number of frames per second and try to capture one action picture with the sea eagle and the light of sunset behind. And the picture is that: the subject, light, and the moment. Is was a very special day and this moment is stored in a special place in my mind!
Equipment: Canon 1dMKIIN
Filipe Silva
This portuguese nature photographer was born in 1974.
His great passion for nature has always made part of his life and, as a teenager, he used to spent a lot of time around wildlife image books. One day, after purchasing his first camera, he decided to portray special moments while he began travelling around the world in search for wildlife and landscape scenarios. The results of his adventures have been well kept in his photos, expressing the emotion of being in the right place at the right time. Photography allowed him to truly explore the world and see everything differently.
Website: www.filipe-silva.com
White-Tailed Sea Eagle Fishing by Filipe Silva was photo of the day on Friday, 27th July 2007. It is tagged Eagles, Fish, Silhouettes, Sunset. You can leave a comment below.

21 Comments
kml
Beautiful!! The little water splashes in the air behind him are perfect. Excellent image!
Jan
Stunning! Perfect, Bravo, Spectacular. What else can I say. Thank you for your patience.
shelton
your composition skills are excellent.
your patience, unbelievable.
superb work!
Anurag
Really, Really top notch. Every thing is perfect. The moment, the juxtaposition of the eagle behind the sun, the fish behind the sun’s reflection, the framing by rule of thirds, the splash on the water, and the lines formed by the clouds and the water everything is working so well. Its like an orchestra. We are lucky to behold this lovely work of your art Filipe!!
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
This is so great! Perfect moment, perfect capture.
Ee Yuing
Truly beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Photo Buffet
A well-timed masterpiece! Nice work, Filipe.
Ellie
I’m totally speechless–Exquisite!
Alex
Amazing!!! You did capture a great moment. The silhouette couldn’t have been timed better! The clarity is great and so are the colors!! Love the splash and water droplets…..
Andrew
This is just great. My friend showed me this site yesterday and I so love all the pictures.
Great Picture Filipe. I know these kind of “shots” require patience. I am glad you had enough of it to bring us this piece of art.
sayeed
Your subject select & photograph is very interesting.
Rushdie
Some timing on that one.
david
great shot
P@TY
Excellent Photo i really love it!!!!
Jay
This is the next best thing to being there.
Spectacular
YoMah
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
you can even see a speck of light shining through the eagle’s beak… besides, the “whole” there are so many wonderful details one can observe. I ditto Shelton’s compliment… thanks for your patience.
victoria
Pauline Jones
Wow, what a picture; thanks for the technical information
Michael
Stunning, this picture couldn’t have gotten any better.
su
Love all the detail in this shot.
renee
wow, very stunning shot. congrats
Su
love silhouettes and this ones no exception