{"id":34,"date":"2009-07-21T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmacdonald.com.au\/dev\/?p=34"},"modified":"2011-10-19T18:11:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T07:41:06","slug":"flight-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/2009\/07\/flight-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Landing-eagle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Landing-eagle.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Landing eagle\" width=\"640\" height=\"523\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Landing-eagle.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Landing-eagle-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A male wedge-tailed Eagle, which looks like it&#8217;s just reached early adulthood uses a stiff headwind to make a soft landing. <\/p>\n<p>I believe he&#8217;s young because he&#8217;s showing signs of inexperience.<\/p>\n<p>I have scores of shots of these eagles and generally they&#8217;re flying away or just small birds in the frame.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re very wary and will take off once you reach a certain distance from them. <\/p>\n<p>My lens, a 300mm Canon zoom,  usually doesn&#8217;t quite get that close.<\/p>\n<p>This one threw caution to the wind and in doing so gave a wonderful view of the feather patterns on its wings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A male wedge-tailed Eagle, which looks like it&#8217;s just reached early adulthood uses a stiff headwind to make a soft landing. 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