Join us for a few days of exciting bald eagle-hunting.....photographically hunting that is!!
Iowa is visited by a LOT of eagles in the winter. They congregate on the partially frozen rivers to feed and to survive. The locks and dams keep the river churned up and allow the birds to feed.
Here you can view hundreds eagles within a couple of days, and sometimes even hours. We will catch them roosting, flying, fishing, scanning the waters for their prey and perching on ice-floats in the middle of the river.
Cancellation: The last day to cancel and receive a refund for this trip is September 1, 2022.....unless there is someone on the waitlist who can take your place.
We will meet in the lobby of the hotel at 6pm to discuss the workshop flow and what to expect. We will have our first shoot bright and early the next morning.
Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel & Conference Center
300 East 9th St
Coralville, IA 52241
319-688-4000
Make your reservations for a minimum of 3 nights - January 30, 31, Feb 1....checking out Feb 2. Feel free to come in the night before if you feel you will be too rushed to fly in the day the workshop starts....which is also a good idea for inclement weather and air travel issues.
Flights:
We will be flying into the Moline/Quad Cities International Airport (MLI). Since we will be meeting at 6 pm, please make sure you book a flight into the area early enough to check in to the hotel and then make the meeting.
Rental Cars:
You will need your own transportation for this workshop.
It is highly recommend that your rent a vehicle with 4WD in case of snowy weather.
For this workshop you will need fast photo gear and you will need a variety of lenses. Your long lens would need to be something like a 400 or 600 length or longer if you have it. If you don't have it, you can consider renting what you need since it is only for a few days.
For DSLR or Full Frame mirrorless users:
Have as fast of a camera as you can with a high number of focus points and a quick focusing system. For the long lens we recommend renting a Sigma 150-600 SPORT version if you don't have it or something similar. You will also need very fast memory cards.....300mb/s work great.
Olympus Users:
It is best to have bodies with the fastest focusing systems that Olympus has available -- currently the EM1 Mark III and the EM1X and the OM-1. You will need either the 300mm, the 100-400 or the 150-400 and potentially the 1.4 or 2x teleconverter to go with them. We also suggest a useful lens could be the 40-150 with the teleconverters. ....but this should not be your longest lens you bring. You will also need the 300 mb/s cards for quick writing to the card during blast mode.
Clothing:
It is likely to be VERY cold and even windy on the rivers where we will be shooting. Please bring heavy outerwear and heavy extremity coverings....snow boots, snow pants, snow jackets, heavy gloves, heavy wool socks and heavy head wear. Disposable HotHands hand and toe/foot warmers would be ideal as well.
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