Hand Shake

There’s a spot just north of Quadra Island, BC where the tidal currents scoop migrating hake up from the bottom to the surface so quickly that their swim bladders prolapse and they die. The eagles congregate by the hundreds for this free meal: diving, chasing each other, and gorging themselves. We had arrived for high tide and I spotted these two circling each other . It was a point and shoot moment. No time to check settings. I shot a burst of ten frames and captured this one, as well as several others. I’m very proud of this shot – capturing these two so well. Shot with a Nikon Z8 with Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR S + TC-2.0x. Settings: 1/6400s, f29, ISO 12800, focal length 400 Time was 2:04pm.