I took this photo of a bald eagle over a year ago, but I realized I never shared it on the blog.
The eagle looks oddly posed, but he had just landed on that perch after chasing some prey that I could not identify. It landed first on the ground, but failed to catch it. I grabbed my camera (on which I had a rented Nikon 500mm lens), and get this shot.
Whatever he was after, it had enough sense to hide in the grass, and after 10 minutes or so I drove off. The eagle was still being patient - the difference between me (a photograph) and the eagle (food) was obvious.