When winter returns to Merrimack Valley, so do the Bald Eagles. Every year we host a grand event marking their return, and we hope you'll join us in Newburyport and Amesbury to celebrate these very special winter residents.
My brick and mortar store (Hunts Photo and Video in Melrose, Massachusetts) held a tour where guides would take photographers to places where eagles were likely to show up.
We didn't see that many eagles, but there were a lot of seagulls in the last location we went to.
At the same time, my main camera company (Olympus) was offering free loaner gear of their new cameras for a few days in conjunction with Hunts. I borrowed two cameras (Olympus E-m1 mark III and Olympus E-m5 mark III) and one lens (Olympus 12-200mm) for the eagles festival. After the festival was over, I bought the E-m5 mark III, and a little later I bought the 12-200mm lens.
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Picture #1: Eagle Thumb: 480x360, 28,183 bytes (28K) Small: 800x623, 52,704 bytes (52K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M1-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/7.1, ISO 500, 1/2000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, natural color, matrix metering, bias 0.3, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 401.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 09:46:55 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:08 This picture is one of my favorites. |
Picture #2: Eagle #2 Thumb: 480x360, 27,458 bytes (27K) Small: 800x623, 42,334 bytes (42K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M1-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/7.1, ISO 500, 1/2000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, natural color, matrix metering, bias 0.3, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 401.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 09:46:55 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:09 This picture is one of my favorites. |
Picture #3: Eagle #3 Thumb: 480x360, 27,465 bytes (27K) Small: 800x623, 41,564 bytes (41K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M1-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/7.1, ISO 500, 1/2000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, natural color, matrix metering, bias 0.3, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 401.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 09:46:55 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:09 |
Picture #4: Eagle #4 Thumb: 480x360, 27,579 bytes (27K) Small: 800x623, 42,308 bytes (42K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M1-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/7.1, ISO 500, 1/2000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, natural color, matrix metering, bias 0.3, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 401.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 09:46:57 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:09 |
Picture #5: Eagle #5 Thumb: 480x360, 27,141 bytes (27K) Small: 800x623, 41,464 bytes (41K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M1-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/7.1, ISO 500, 1/2000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, natural color, matrix metering, bias 0.3, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 401.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 09:46:57 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:10 |
Picture #6: Eagle #6 Thumb: 480x360, 25,694 bytes (26K) Small: 800x623, 39,868 bytes (39K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/8.0, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias 0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 801.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 10:10:38 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:10 |
Picture #7: Eagle #7 Thumb: 480x360, 26,717 bytes (27K) Small: 800x623, 43,366 bytes (43K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/7.1, ISO 250, 1/2000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 801.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 10:23:28 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:10 |
Picture #8: Eagle #8 Thumb: 480x360, 26,674 bytes (27K) Small: 800x623, 43,264 bytes (43K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Olympus-m43 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens f/7.1, ISO 250, 1/2000 sec, 200.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization (mode 4) 35mm equivalent focal length 801.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 10:23:28 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:10 |
Picture #1: Seagulls Thumb: 500x375, 62,131 bytes (61K) Small: 1000x773, 162,594 bytes (159K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 228.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 913.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:09:52 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:13 |
Picture #2: Seagulls #2 Thumb: 500x375, 59,716 bytes (59K) Small: 1000x773, 146,595 bytes (144K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 250, 1/2000 sec, 300.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 1202.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:11:10 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:13 |
Picture #3: Seagulls #3 Thumb: 500x375, 56,893 bytes (56K) Small: 1000x773, 147,143 bytes (144K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/4.6, ISO 250, 1/2000 sec, 162.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 325.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:12:05 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:14 |
Picture #4: Capturing seagulls Thumb: 500x375, 52,768 bytes (52K) Small: 1000x773, 129,501 bytes (127K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 162.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 325.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:12:09 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:14 |
Picture #5: Seagulls #4 Thumb: 500x375, 54,276 bytes (54K) Small: 1000x773, 161,589 bytes (158K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 150.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 301.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:12:46 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:14 |
Picture #6: Seagull Thumb: 480x360, 26,710 bytes (27K) Small: 800x623, 37,536 bytes (37K), (html file) Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/7.1, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 162.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 325.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:13:14 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:25 |
Picture #7: Seagulls #5 Thumb: 500x375, 46,654 bytes (46K) Small: 1000x773, 100,414 bytes (99K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 162.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 325.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:13:27 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:15 |
Picture #8: Seagulls #6 Thumb: 500x375, 47,095 bytes (46K) Small: 1000x773, 103,721 bytes (102K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 162.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 325.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:13:27 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:15 |
Picture #9: Seagulls #7 Thumb: 500x375, 52,414 bytes (52K) Small: 1000x773, 130,785 bytes (128K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 162.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 325.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:13:27 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:15 |
Picture #10: Seagulls #8 Thumb: 500x375, 61,407 bytes (60K) Small: 1000x773, 167,972 bytes (165K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 162.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 325.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:13:28 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:16 |
Picture #11: Seagull #2 Thumb: 500x375, 40,158 bytes (40K) Small: 1000x773, 75,080 bytes (74K), (html file) Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:13:33 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:25 |
Picture #12: Seagull #3 Thumb: 500x375, 30,801 bytes (31K) Small: 1000x773, 52,807 bytes (52K), (html file) Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:14:16 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:27 |
Picture #13: Seagull #4 Thumb: 500x375, 30,356 bytes (30K) Small: 1000x773, 50,932 bytes (50K), (html file) Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:14:16 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:27 |
Picture #14: Seagull #5 Thumb: 500x375, 32,351 bytes (32K) Small: 1000x773, 58,754 bytes (58K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:14:17 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:17 |
Picture #15: Seagull #6 Thumb: 500x375, 36,500 bytes (36K) Small: 1000x773, 68,962 bytes (68K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:14:17 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:17 |
Picture #16: Seagull #7 Thumb: 500x375, 38,902 bytes (38K) Small: 1000x773, 75,991 bytes (75K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:14:17 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:18 |
Picture #17: Seagull #8 Thumb: 500x375, 41,346 bytes (41K) Small: 1000x773, 82,684 bytes (81K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:14:18 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:18 |
Picture #18: Seagull #9 Thumb: 500x375, 42,434 bytes (42K) Small: 1000x773, 85,897 bytes (84K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 171.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 343.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:14:18 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:18 |
Picture #19: Seagulls #9 Thumb: 500x375, 52,463 bytes (52K) Small: 1000x773, 135,595 bytes (133K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 193.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 387.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:16:22 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:19 |
Picture #20: Seagulls #10 Thumb: 500x375, 42,108 bytes (42K) Small: 1000x773, 88,097 bytes (87K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 193.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 387.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:16:51 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:19 |
Picture #21: Seagull #10 Thumb: 500x375, 42,553 bytes (42K) Small: 1000x773, 88,302 bytes (87K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 193.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 387.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:16:51 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:19 |
Picture #22: Seagull #11 Thumb: 500x375, 44,208 bytes (44K) Small: 1000x773, 90,866 bytes (89K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 193.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 387.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:16:51 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:20 |
Picture #23: Seagull #12 Thumb: 400x300, 32,542 bytes (32K) Small: 800x623, 67,116 bytes (66K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 177.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 709.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:18:20 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:20 This picture is one of my favorites. |
Picture #24: Seagulls #11 Thumb: 500x375, 57,828 bytes (57K) Small: 1000x773, 157,801 bytes (155K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 177.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 709.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:18:30 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:20 This picture is one of my favorites. |
Picture #25: Seagulls #12 Thumb: 500x375, 52,541 bytes (52K) Small: 1000x773, 140,360 bytes (138K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 177.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, bias -0.3, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 709.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:18:31 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:20 |
Picture #1: Contrail Thumb: 500x375, 25,466 bytes (25K) Small: 1000x773, 47,118 bytes (47K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2020, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-III camera with Panasonic 100-300mm-II f/4.0-5.6 lens f/4.5, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec, 108.0mm, shutter priority, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, digital zoom x2, continous focus, image stabilization 35mm equivalent focal length 433.0mm, digital zoom x2 Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 15, 2020 11:21:13 Last modified on May 22, 2020 at 22:22 |