I almost forgot about this image taken back in May. I had hiked out to a location I had scouted previously in the hopes of photographing some dramatic landscapes. But the clouds and fog weren’t quite cooperating. I had noticed a bald eagle perched in a tree closer to where I was but didn’t notice this eagle. When I finally did, I didn’t realize it was sitting next to a nest until I looked through my lens. The light was low and since I was hiking and looking for landscapes, the longest lens I had was a 100-400mm. Fortunately I did have my tripod and was able to shoot a relatively low ISO image which meant the noise levels would be low and I could crop the final image into a usable photo.