Photo of the Month: August 2001

Every month we choose for recognition three photos from among those contributed to the report by member newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From these we select a Photo of the Month and two honorable mentions.

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August

Dave Lane
The Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.

A bald eagle with territorial designs on Hampton Beach in Hampton, N.H., tumbles 3-year-old Kayla Finn into the sand in this photo from Aug. 21. The toddler, visiting the beach with her family from Albany, N.Y., was uninjured. Federal and local wildlife officials were trying to catch the eagle.



Honorable Mentions

Tim Cook
Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald
Members of the Portsmouth Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Marine Patrol ponder the Voodoo Child sitting on the bottom of Sagamore Creek in Portsmouth on Aug. 20. The 22-foot fishing boat sank while tied up at the dock.
Mike Ross
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.
 Joe Mansour of East Hampstead, N.H., pours a pail of water over his head Aug. 6 while seeking escape from the hot, humid weather at Wallis Sands State Park in Rye, N.H.

How I got the picture

Lane:

"I got the call to shoot the eagle Aug. 21 at about 2 p.m. By the time I arrived in Hampton and found the bird it was around 5 p.m. I was happy just to find it, and took a series of static shots of the bird perched on a roof top.

"Then, the bird became agitated by kids throwing a football. It took flight and circled the area a few times. And then it set down about 20 yards away from where the boys were playing football.

" As it sat on the beach, I kept my camera on it when all of a sudden a little girl, seemingly oblivious to the danger, ran by about 10 feet from the bird. The eagle took flight and went after her, knocking the little girl off her feet.

"The picture is a digital image shot with a Nikon D1 and a Tokina 2.8 with a 2X converter."