Steve Biro, a photographer, captured a stunning shot of a bald eagle flying over a pond. The man has been photographing for 10 years, and this picture has become his absolute favourite. By Ishani Singh
On May 4, while shooting at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy in Vittoria, Steve Biro managed to click this out-of-the-world photo with uniform angles and an equally asymmetrical reflection of the bird flying straight at him with spread wings. The picture has received due applaud owing to its perfect symmetry intercepted only by the ripples made in the water. Biro placed himself low on a giant rock at the ponds fringe and shot the reflection of the prey bird, Bruce. He regarded this picture as his most successful work since it complied to the rules of symmetry and was captured while the photographer formed an eye-to-eye contact with the subject.
Biro shot this unique image using a Canon 5D Mark IV camera and a Canon 100mm L macro lens, with a combination of f/7.1 and ISO 2500 at 1/2000s.He shared the image on his Instagram handle with the caption, “So lucky to capture a symmetrical reflection of this beautiful Bald Eagle coming straight at me!”
In the image, the mammoth eagle is staring straight into the camera, with its huge body reflected on the water. The edges of its wings are touching the surface of the pond, thus forming a circle of its body along with the reflection.
“He flew across the pond several times and was not happy with where I was, which turned out good for me as he was staring right at me quite a bit!” Biro told PetaPixel, a photography website.
The final, perfect picture was taken after Steve took a hundred trial shots of the eagle. He also asked his accompanying photographers to capture the sight if the predatory bird landed on his head, since it was flying pretty close to him.
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