..... I’ll admit that finally one person did get down on one knee for a better perspective....
That must have been me
. This is a personal preference I guess - I have seen people lying down on their bellies on dried up muck in Nonquon Sewage Lagoon. So there are people who have mastered this 'Down to Earth' technique - for me it is mostly stand and deliver.
For the eagle shot, sometimes out of focus people in the background tells an interesting story - why would one person turn his/her back on a landing eagle, the star attraction, is still a mystery to me. But it certainly created an opportunity to get a laugh out of this situation.