Bonnelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Image captured by the Chambal River in India, this was one of a pair of eagles who had been previously bathing in the river.
Hand held
Olympus E-M1X
Shooting Mode : Manual
Focal Length : 420.0mm
Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 841.0mm
Shutter : 1/1600 sec
F.No. : F5.6
Exposure compensation : +1.7 EV
ISO Sensitivity : 1250

LR + PSCC

[Steve Kaluski]

Looks pretty impressive Jon, might loose that last bit of vegetation on the LHS and go a bit more pano, ie loose some more off the top.

TFS
Steve

[David Roach]

Love the view of the face/eye. Agree with extrication of left OOF vegetation. TFS

[John Mack]

Looks quite nice. Great view of that eye. I like the vegetation here. Gives some nice balance and color.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Jon, as Steve wrote "Looks pretty impressive". I also think I would lose the most left vegetation. Thank you for sharing.

[arash_hazeghi]

I am OK with the vegetation, nice soft light.... but it is the near wing position that spoils this one for me, the IQ isn't that great looks a tad soft perhaps another round of sharpening might work although it will make it more grainy

TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Looks good to me Jonathan. I'm also ok with the vegetation...there's symmetry with the three below the bird...so it does add balance to the image. Maybe a little more sharpening to the head area, but I'm ok as is. Sometimes I feel that it is easy to over sharpen in post. I actually really like the near wing...something different there.