Friday Photo #688 – Sea Eagle

Photo: White-Tailed Sea Eagle silhouetted against winter sky, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 6, 2026. 12:45

It took me several days this week to delete around 500gb of data or roughly 10,000 photos to clear up some hard disc space. Of those 10k photos deleted, probably 90% of them were flying puffins and other birds from a couple Scotland trips last year; mostly tiny or out of focus birds somewhere in the frame or too zoomed in and cutting off the wings, which is usually my biggest error with flying birds: Trying to get too close.

And so for this year’s eagle trips I tried to keep all my bird issues in mind. I was partially successful. I defiantly got more keepers and some interesting moments than last years attempt, but there were also many moments where I was close, but just missed something – mainly my issue with being too zoomed in and cutting off the wings.

I think this image is perhaps my favourite from the first day out on the boats. Though I do wish I was a bit wider in the overall framing, to give a bit more of a sense of place, as it was a nice sky and atmosphere in the background. But at the end of the day, I’m pretty happy with this image as well.

Camera Info:
Nikon Z8
Nikon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
250mm
ISO 720
f6.3
1/2500 Second
WB Daylight