Tawny Eagle closeup

[Marc Mol]

Waiting for Vultures to clear off an Impala carcass.
Apologies for the clipped tail.
Sth Luangwa Nat Park - Zambia.

Nikon D2Xs
300 f/2.8 VR
ISO 100
f/3.8
1/1250s
300mm

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/photos/333997729_N5ize-XL.jpg

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird and great details. Too bad the tail is clipped and a lower angle would have been great, too. Both might have been possible by just backing up if that was an option. I would sharpen a little less. Thanks for sharing!

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful bird Marc. I have to agree with Axel on all counts here. Thanks for posting!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes backing up if possible (carefully as to not flush your subject of course!!) would have been a good thing to do as the bird is rather tight all around. I like how the chest feathers meet in the middle just above the belly :-)

[Arthur Morris]

A beautiful bird with a perfect EXp but you did need to back up quite a bit to reduce the angle of inclination and fit the whole bird into the frame (as noted above...)

[Marc Mol]

A beautiful bird with a perfect EXp but you did need to back up quite a bit to reduce the angle of inclination and fit the whole bird into the frame (as noted above...)

Thanks eveyone for the positive comments.
I have probably cropped this a little tight, I'll submit another when I get home.
All part of a learning curve, which is why I've come to the best bird forum around ;)

Cheers
Marc

[Johnny Bravo]

No apology required, that's a great image as is. A diff crop can make it a bit greater, but not much as it's greatness is already quite great. As is, it approaches the limits of greatness. In my estimation. So to speak.

[Marc Mol]

Here's my resubmitted one from a slightly different angle, with more room.

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/photos/334458456_xELjG-XL.jpg

Cheers
Marc