A bald eagle lunges towards a young eagle barely visible in the lower right hand corner of the frame. I caught its fearsome expression in the early morning light – it was responding with what seemed like anger to something the young eagle had done. The low angle of the sun illuminates the head, while throwing the rest into shadow. I made hundreds of images of eagles while at the Pybus Point Lodge. I was fortunate to visit at this time of year – later in the summer these eagles leave the lodge area to hunt among distant streams filled with spawning salmon. I made at least several hundred images of eagles during my four-day stay at the Pybus Point Lodge fishing camp. Bald eagles were always around me, day and night. They would float past the windows of my cabin, filling the air with their cries. This image is perhaps the single most rewarding image I was to make of eagles in Alaska. It is more than a descriptive portrait. It is intimate, beautifully illuminated, and full of feeling.