Bateleur Eagle (F)

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks ... one of the most attractive eagles in the world , IMHO.
Image taken back in 2014 in the Kgalagdi Transfrontier Park in South Africa .
Shooting angle is a bit steep , but not possible to get a lower shooting point as one is limited to the car in that park .

Canon EOS 1D x
EF 200-400 IS L with TC engaged at 533 mm
Window bracket with gimbal

F 5,6 ; Iso 1000; 1/1000 sec

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2021 ; clean up of distracting tree trunks against the sky ; slight crop

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous posting

Cheers Andreas

[Ian McLachlan]

Excellent Andreas
Agree about the angle but they are ,as you say ,one of Africas' great birds , To get this close is something special..Others may think the sky too blue but as I live at the same latitude that's what it is .Have you got one with the beak seoparated from the neck,the rest of it seems perfect.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Ian .... sky can be discussed :w3 , I like it this way but might make the blue ever so slightly lighter and a smidge less saturated . Regarding the beak ... sadly not from this angle . I have others but the shooting angle and sun angle less ideal .... the best I could get is this one !!! They are mostly quite skittish .... was really happy to get that close to her .

[Randy Stout]

Andreas:

A very proud looking raptor. Tough shooting angle as mentioned.

I might lower the luminosity of the tree a bit to help it recede a bit visually in the frame, and even soften the contrast a bit in that area, all in the interest of highlighting the bird.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super Andreas, a beautiful bird indeed, I too would think lowering the brightness of the branches would be good.

[Kurt Bowman]

Wow, that really is a beautiful eagle. The OOF foreground branch was a bit unfortunate covering the feet, but you make up for it with a great poseand techs! Nice work

[William Dickson]

Very nice Andreas....The bird is so majestic that it takes the eyes away from the OOF perch...Apart from the POV...no nits here...love the feather detail around the neck area.

Will

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks folks for your kind comments , much appreciated .
Here is a different version with a darker FG and slightly lighter less saturated sky .