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 and didn’t notice this eagle or the notice for a length of time. When I finally noticed the eagle 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 which is what you see here. I never went back in here because I didn’t want to risk disturbing the nest site but felt very fortunate to have come across it.