I haven't had much luck with Bald Eagles in the past - the opportunities here are not that great.
The bird was at eye level to me which was a bonus.

Canon 7D with the 500L f4 lens with 1.4II extender handheld @ 1/1000, f6.3, ISO 400, +1 2/3 exposure compensation due to the sky. Once reduced to 72ppi, I had to eliminate some halo between parts of the bird and the sky.

Cropped in about 30% and formatted for a 12 x 16 frame. Oversaturated sky tonned down. I'm not happy about the less than 100% focus of the eye, therefore this will probbaly not be printed at the intended 12 x 16. I'll just have to do better next time.

Cheers,

Mike