Strength and fragility

• Where was the image taken?

  Dagestan, Russia
• The bird in the photo

  Haliaeetus albicilla (hu: Rétisas en: White-tailed Eagle)
• Story of the image

  The white-tailed eagle is flying up from a mountain slope in Daghestan Nature Reserve. Through the silhouette composition, I wanted not only to convey the power of this graceful bird, but also to remind of the fragility of the unique mountain ecosystem of Dagestan.
  I managed to take this shot when in January of this year I spent 6 days in the Dagestan Nature Biosphere Reserve. Together with the staff of the reserve, I observed the behavior and studied the number of birds.

  Exif adatok

  Photo capture date

  2025-01-04T09:01:35

  Exposure time

  1/2000s

  Focal Length

  600mm

  Flash

  Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

  Camera make

  SONY

  Type of camera

  ILCE-1
• Category

  Ifjúsági

• Fotós:

  Marina Gavrikova