Snake tie

[Arun Haridasan]

The woolly necked stalk grabbed the snake's head....the snake twisted on its neck as his last effort.
Nikon D810
Nikon 600mm f4 Fl ed vr

[arash_hazeghi]

the action is excellent, love how the snake is hanging on to his life and fighting for it. Excellent BG too, the IQ however isn't great, the bird is soft, grainy and lacks fine details.

TFS

[Mike Hitchen]

A neat action shot, Arun. I think the subject you have captured outweighs the deficiencies in sharpness that Arash pointed out to make it a great record shot.

The more the stork swallows the snake, the tighter it throttles itself. What a dilemma!

[Randy Stout]

Arun:

Excellent timing on your capture! I appreciate the points raised by Arash and Mike. It is always helpful to post your full camera settings and lens details, as it helps us understand the image better. I suspect because of the noise, the ISO was up, but still useful to know the details.

Cheers

Randy

[Joseph Przybyla]

Interesting image, Arun. I have watched Great Blue Herons doing the same thing, much the same predicament. Thank you for sharing.

[Arun Haridasan]

Thanks again Arash...comments appreciated

[Arun Haridasan]

Thanks Mike...

[Arun Haridasan]

thanks Randy....the settings was for BIF and cropping was done too....I have a shot of the bird flying with the snake too.....this shot was just before flight..
1/2000
ISO 2000
F5.6

[Arun Haridasan]

Thank u Joseph

[William Dickson]

Very nice frame Arun. The facial expression is priceless.

Nice one

Will

[Doug Brown]

Very cool action captured! Must have been incredible to witness in person. Feather detail could be better, but the D810 isn't the best camera at handling higher ISOs.

[Arun Haridasan]

Thanks william

[Arun Haridasan]

Thanks Doug ....