Say Cheese!!

Rick & Deb Larson

Say Cheese!!

© Deb Larson Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D; F-Stop: 6.7; Exposure: 1/125 sec.; ISO-Speed: 100; Focal Length: 400mm.

Taken in the wild off Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska.

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Say Cheese!! by Rick & Deb Larson
Say Cheese!! by Rick & Deb Larson
  • Marvin Collins

    Marvin Collins

    Wow!! I don’t know what else to say, this is probably the most beautiful eagle photo I’ve ever seen!! Amazing!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    WOW…Marvin….I’m overwhelmed by your high words of praise, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!! Take Care.

  • Lynda  McDonald

    Lynda McDonald

    beautiful display of bald eagles, it must be so exciting to capture these beauties

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Lynda, ‘so exciting’ just about covers it, but I could also add that it’s a huge RUSH being close enough to these guys in their natural habitat and being able to photograph them, a huge HIGH :-). THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • Karen Scrimes

    Karen Scrimes

    What an extraordinary capture! looks like they’ve lined up for a family portrait! Awesome shot.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Karen, and the best part was that they were all ‘almost’ :-) looking towards the photographer (but I will settle for almost). Thanks for the visit and comment, much appreciated. Take Care.

  • Adam Gormley

    Adam Gormley

    Hi Guys, wow! This is a brilliant photo :)

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Adam, Thanks so much!! Take Care.

  • John Beamish

    John Beamish

    Amazing family portrait.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Coolhandzz, Thanks so much for the visit and comment, it is much appreciated. Take Care.

  • skyhorse

    skyhorse

    simply Superb !!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Skyhorse, Thank you so very much!! Take Care.

  • lorilee

    lorilee

    Incredible capture!!!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Lorilee, Thank you so very much!! Take Care.

  • Jerry & Brenda Wallace

    Jerry & Brenda...

    WOW what a great group portrait!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Thank you Jerry & Brenda, your very kind comment is much appreciated. Take Care.

  • Angel Perry

    Angel Perry

    another Amazing capture! Can’t believe they all stayed still! LOL:)

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Angel, They all hung out for quite a while on this perch, got so many almost repetitive shots (but whose counting :-) not me!). Thank You!! Take Care.

  • JBendeth

    JBendeth

    Just Beautiful….....JB

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi JB, Thank you so very much for the visit and very kind comment. Take Care.

  • NATURELENS

    NATURELENS

    Great group image. :-)

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi, Thank you so much!! Take Care.

  • Rosemaree

    Rosemaree

    This is stunning… I hope that if I wver get back to your side of the world that I can get up to where you are and get some of these wonderful captures myself.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Rosemaree, people from all over the world have been to this spot to photograph the Eagles, and the biggest majority (over 80%) of published Eagle shots by professional photographers are of these Eagles. THANK YOU!! Take Care.

  • solareclips~Julie  Alexander

    solareclips~Ju...

    Beautiful capture!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Thank you so much!! Take Care.

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater

    excellent work well done

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Alan, Thank You!! Take Care.

  • Clark Thompson

    Clark Thompson

    This is almost like a family portrait sitting. How did you get all of these birds to pose for you like this? It is absolutely magnificent! Put some guitars around their necks and you would have a GREAT rock band… lol!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Clark….LOL!! Sounds like a plan!! Thanks so much for the visit and comment, much appreciated. Take Care.

  • TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

    TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

    Outstanding capture and shot!!! :-))

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • StacyLee

    StacyLee

    Wow this is incredible!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi StaceyLee, THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • Blair Wainman

    Blair Wainman

    Amazing capture of these majestic birds! Fantastic detail and composition!! Great timing!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Blair, THANK YOU!! Take Care.

  • funkybunch

    funkybunch

    great shot

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • Bonnie T.  Barry

    Bonnie T. Barry

    What an amazing family portrait. Love that four faces are clearly visible and a fifth, the shy one of the family, is peeking curiously from behind the cover of the bolder ones. Delightful!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    LOL, isn’t that just like any other family portrait sitting, there’s always one that has to play the shy one. THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • lilcanuk

    lilcanuk

    Amazing capture! How wonderful to see all these Eagles grouped together. I get excited to just see one!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi, LOL….just one excites us too, (it’s like an adrenaline rush when we get to capture sights such as this one). THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • stickelsimages

    stickelsimages

    Well only 2 of them got it right!! They look like they’re saying
    “who said cheese, which way do we look?”
    Fantastically well done!!!
    Cheers Lee

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Lee, LOL, if we could only decipher what is going through their heads, THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • Jeff VanDyke

    Jeff VanDyke

    Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Jeff, Thank you so much!! Take Care.

  • John Absher

    John Absher

    You guys have truly humbled me with this image. I just returned from shooting about 2200 images of eagles on the Mississippi today. I’m uploading them right now, BUT I already know that I am not going to have a single one of those 2200 worthy of comparison to this image. I can’t get four of my grandkids to sit still long enough for an image this good. The clarity of all their eyes is outstanding!! Excellent job with exposure to not blow out the highlights in their heads nor to lose much of the details in the dark feathers. Congratulations on a GREAT image!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi John, WOW…your words are very humbling to us!! What can I say, but THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!! Eagles are our passion, no matter how many we see or how often we see them, each sighting is just as exhilarating as the last. I took this shot (I think) in 2007, it is actually a close-up shot that goes along with the (kazillion shots I took that day) shot titled ‘Amongst Friends’ which is one of the first photos that we uploaded here on Redbubble. We look forward to seeing your Eagle shots, so let us know when you have some uploaded, okay? THANKS Again. Take Care.

  • Nick Hunt

    Nick Hunt

    Fantastic, love the way you’ve arranged your subjects here and posed them magnificently!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    LOL Nick!! (I had my husband do the arranging and posing while I took the photo :-)...uh huh) I have to say that the Eagles were very cooperative that day, there were about five or six of them that sat perched on this huge hunk of driftwood for quite a while, allowing for many nice photo ops. THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care.

  • Louise Fahy

    Louise Fahy

    This is fantastic! A family photo of eagles :-)

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Louise, THANK YOU!! Take Care :-).

  • chazz

    chazz

    Awesome Shot!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Chazz, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE VISIT AND COMMENT!! Take Care :-)

  • mylittlenative

    mylittlenative

    I have never seen so many eagles in one place at the same time, wow its so beautiful and amazing awesome photo, you do beautiful work.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE VISIT AND VERY KIND COMMENT, it is truly appreciated!! Take Care :-)

  • Karen Zimmerman

    Karen Zimmerman

    Wow! They look as though they’re posing for you! :-) Fantastic image! Your wildlife work is fantastic!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Karen, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for your visit and comment, it is truly appreciated!!* Take Care :-)

  • velveteagle

    velveteagle

    What a shot you got here.. Love it .. Its got a great feel to it.. You guys did great..
    Chuck..

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi, from your R/B logo, it looks like you might also be an Eagle lover. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE VISIT AND KIND WORDS!! Take care :-)

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    Great photo! Did you capture this group in Homer? I had planned to head down there for the memorial for the eagle woman Saturday, but couldn’t make it. And I’d never capture anything like this. Love this shot!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Jan, Yes…these are some of Jean Keene’s Eagles (we know the Eagles did not actually belong to her…BUT…there is no doubt in anyone’s mind who was lucky enough to witness Jean with these Eagles, that they were in fact her Eagles). We were lucky enough to meet Jean about 25 + or – years ago, and since then we have tried to go to Homer to see her and photograph her Eagles at least once a year. We weren’t able to make it down to her memorial (if only it had been scheduled for next weekend we would have been able to go, at least we were able to see and visit with Jean just before she passed away as we were in Homer the 6th thru the 8th of this month). THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care :-)

  • Torfinn Johannessen

    Torfinn Johann...

    Gorgeous, and majestic shot!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi THANK YOU SO MUCH!! We appreciate your visit and kind comment. Take Care :-)

  • Grumpy02

    Grumpy02

    Awesome shot, great color and composiyion—lighting is excellent on this

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi, THANKS!! Photographing Eagles in the wild is our biggest passion. Take Care :-)

  • Grumpy02

    Grumpy02

    I lover your camera too—it is great

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    I no longer have the Minolta 7D (it was/is a GREAT camera), my new weapons of trade are the SONY A700 and for Christmas my husband got me the SONY A900 (there are some new Eagle shots in here that were taken with the A900). THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT Take Care :-)

  • Mary Campbell

    Mary Campbell

    Ah! love your work with eagles, so wonderful it takes my breath away!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Mary, THANK YOU FOR SUCH HIGH PRAISE!! Much appreciated, glad that you are enjoying our Eagles. Take Care :-)

  • Eva and Klaus Weber-Wanjek

    Eva and Klaus ...

    Lovely family! Brilliant work!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Eva & Klaus, THANK YOU!! Take Care :-)

  • Joyce Dickens, IPA

    Joyce Dickens,...

    I am in AWE ; such beautiful imagery….exquisite work!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Joyce, THANK YOU!! Take Care :-)

  • James Iorfida

    James Iorfida

    Must be amazing to see so many great eagles in one spot…

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi James, You really can’t explain the rush we have being amongst the Eagles in the wild, it’ll never grow old for us :). THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care :)

  • periwinkle157

    periwinkle157

    STUNNING capture. At last I found you Deb and Rick.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi!! WOW WHAT A SURPRISE!! Glad to hear from you again, so when did you move over to R/B?? (We’ll have to put you on our watchlist). THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE VISIT & COMMENT!! Take Care :-) and a HUGE welcome to Redbubble!!

  • Sophie Shapiro

    Sophie Shapiro

    Your work is magnificent! Thank you for sharing it with us all!S

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Sophie, THANK YOU!! We are so glad that you are enjoying Alaska through our eyes. Take Care :-)

  • Barbara  Brown

    Barbara Brown

    Wow, you have some great eagle shot. Marvelous!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Take Care :-)

  • Fiona MacNab

    Fiona MacNab

    Wow, this is amazing. It looks like you’ve spent hours telling them exactly where to sit, which way to turn, etc. Amazing capture.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    LOL Fiona, it does look like that doesn’t it? Most likely they were all trying to ignore me hoping that I might disappear so that they could continue to rest on their perch and just enjoy the beautiful day…they are amazing creatures aren’t they? THANK YOU!! Take Care :-)

  • Glenna Walker

    Glenna Walker

    Gorgeous shot…amazing to get a shot of one and you got four all posing together!!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Glenna, THANKS SO MUCH!! We have another capture titled ‘Amongst Friends’ here on R/B that has 6 Eagles perched on this same piece of driftwood, this shot is actually a close up version of the upper 4 Eagles. Glad that you enjoyed this shot. Take Care :-)

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Actually there is a fifth, but he is hiding in the background…see the right side of his head and eye? THANKS AGAIN! Take Care :-)

  • Eirik  Anda

    Eirik Anda

    hah, family portrait! :D great!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    They were the BEST models, sat perched so nicely and didn’t even squabble while I was taking photo after photo of them. THANK YOU!! Take Care :)

  • Laoghaire

    Laoghaire

    Great Great Photo. It looks like a sitting of supreme court judges. Brilliant.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Oh WOW, what a title idea that would have made…’The SUPREME Court’ I have to thank you for that idea….I’ll have to work on getting another shot that will supremely fit that illustrious title (hope you won’t mind?). THANKS SO MUCH!! Take Care Deb :)

  • Nanagahma

    Nanagahma

    Wow, amazing shot. They all are looking kinda in the same direction! So cool to see them all together like this.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    It’s a real rush being amongst these beauty Eagles, we will never tire of them. THANK YOU!! Take Care Deb :)

  • Robert Elliott

    Robert Elliott

    wonderful shot, love it

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    THANKS Robert!! We are so glad that others are enjoying our Eagle photography. Take Care Deb :)

  • eaglewatcher

    eaglewatcher

    This is stunning!!!!! Like many people Eagles are one of my favorites!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Michael, THANKS!! Photographing Eagles is a huge passion of ours, they are such awesome birds. Take Care Deb :)

  • Rachel Stickney

    Rachel Stickney

    Wow, what an amazing shot! I’ve never seen this many sitting together like this! Absolutely fantastic!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Rachel, THANK YOU!! Take Care Deb :)

  • ilpo laurila

    ilpo laurila

    Great eagle shot, fantastic.

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    THANK YOU!! Take Care Deb :)

  • Jody Johnson

    Jody Johnson

    look, they were all waiting for you!! The only way we see this many here in the valley is if they are eating a carcass….on the ground! Amazing place you live!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    Hi Jody, (They were so kind to pose so nicely for me, and I’m truly grateful that they put up with the crazy lady with the camera). THANK YOU!! Take Care Deb :)

  • T. Wall ~Through My Lens ~

    T. Wall ~Throu...

    Proud Family Shot :) Great job!!!

  • Rick & Deb Larson replied

    THANK YOU, much appreciated!! Take Care ~ Deb ~ :)

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