Photo of eagle on Fort Snelling gravestone touches hearts, goes viral

Star Tribune ^ | August 10, 2011 | JON TEVLIN

[Kartographer]

This is a repost of a story from last year:

And so it is with my June column on the amateur photographer, the widow and the eagle on a gravestone.

A quick recap: Amateur photographer Frank Glick was on his way to work when he drove through Fort Snelling National Cemetery early one morning. He spotted a bald eagle through the mist, perched on a gravestone, and snapped shots with his aging but ever-present camera.

Nice shot, he thought.

[hope]

:*(

[calex59]

I disagree. It's strange how some of the tombstones have shadows and some don't. There is no shadow of the eagle, but there is of the tombstone. And that tombstone shadow is identical to the shadow of the tombstone two rows closer to the camera.

Better look again. The tombstone the Eagle is on has a small area at the top of the shadow and slightly to the left, this is the Eagle's head. The other shadow you mention does NOT have that small area at the top and is NOT identical to the one the Eagle is sitting on. Use your eyes. This is not a photoshop.

[Lancey Howard]

Wow, that’s a great job right there. Excellent!

(One quick nit - - the second to last word is misspelled.)

FRegards,
LH