Amateur Photographer Matures With His Beloved Eagles
SOUTH KOREA, THEY CELEBRATED WITH A BELLRINGING CEREMONY AND FIREWORKS AND OUTDOOR MUSIC.> THE EAGLES HAVE A TRUSTED — ATTRACTED ADMIRERS. ANDY SHEEHAN SPOKE TO ONE MAN CAPTURED PHOTOS OF THE AREA'S FAVORITE BIRDS. FORDE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS THE EAGLES HAVE BECOME A FIXTURE ON THIS HILLSIDE IN HAYES AND SO HAS AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER GAIN AND SED WHO HAS SPENT HOURS CHRONICLING THEIR EVERY MOVE AND HUNDREDS OF REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS. CAPTURING THEIR FISHING AND THE BUILDING OF THEIR NEST AND THE BIRTH OF THEIR YOUNG AND THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE IN EVERY PASSING SEASON. I DO WANT TO SAY I AM ADDICTED BUT I WANT TO COME DOWN AND SEE AS MUCH AS I CAN ANYTIME I HAVE FREE TIME. I USUALLY END UP HERE. A VIDEO ENGINEER, HE IS GONE FROM A POINT-AND-SHOOT PHOTOGRAPHER TO AN ACCOMPLISHED ONE.
HONING HIS CRAFT THREE OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND NOT YET TO HIS OWN SATISFACTION. PEOPLE TELL ME MY PICTURES ARE GREAT BUT THEY ARE OKAY. THEY ARE GETTING BETTER. THE WAY BETWEEN SHOTS CAN BE LONG BUT NOTHING BEATS THE THRILL OF CAPTURING THE BIRDS. YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU GET A GOOD SHOT. IT IS LIKE THAT IS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR. CONSTANT UPGRADES AND EQUIPMENT ALONG THE WAY. THE LENSES ARE 500 MM F-4 CANON. HE BELIEVES THE BIRDS HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM ONSIDE. THEY PROBABLY SAY THERE HE IS AGAIN. SOMETIMES I GET SOME GOOD LOOKS WHEN THEY ARE SITTING IN THE TREE. I AM MAKING EYE CONTACT. IT MAY NOT QUALIFY AS AN ADDICTION OR OF SESSION BUT THE CALL OF THE EAGLES IS AN IRRESISTIBLE DRAW FOR DANA WHO IS EVER IN SEARCH OF ONE MORE GREAT PHOTOGRAPH..
