Photo Of The Day – American Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Russian Church, Sitka, Alaska, USA

American Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Russian Church,

Title: American Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Russian Church, Sitka, Alaska, USA

Location: Sitka, Alaska, USA, North America

Description: An American bald eagle perches atop the steeple of St. Michael’s Cathedral, a Russian Orthodox church in Sitka, Alaska. For those from the Lower 48 or from other places in the world, the proliferation and abundance of bald eagles is something to gawk at as the birds near this town of 9,000 are fairly well habituated to the humans below.

Camera Canon 7D
Lens Canon 10-22mm
Shutter Speed 1/3200
Aperture f/5.6
ISO 320
Focal Length 280mm

 

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