Short-toed Snake Eagle

[Clement Francis]

http://www.clementfrancis.com/naturescapes/Stse-4-bpn.JPG

Place: Bangalore, India
Canon 30D with Canon 500mm f4 lens Program Mode, ISO 800, f8, 1/125shutters.

[Harshad Barve]

Wonderful image Clement , lovely HA ,details and killer eye contact ,
TFS

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very nice image. Love the head turn and the prominent eye.
Was it taken at sundown? What is the reason of the pink cast?

Szimi

[Mital Patel]

fantastic details visible through the glass :)
perfectly captured.
if it was mine i would have taken a bit space from right and added to left.


clement bhai sorry but taking liberty without asking. posting here the little changed.
a red is toned down a bit.

[Clement Francis]

Szimi,
Yes was taken after sundown. The reflection of the red-orange sky on the grassland is shown in the picture. I always feel the colors in nature should be shown as they are than correcting every bit in pp

[Mital Patel]

got that point anna . in anyways this is killer shot :)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Clement, it would help viewers understand the colour if you had originally indicated that this was taken after sundown...I too thought there was a magenta cast before reading this :-)

Beautiful subject, exposure and sharpness look great. Good low angle too. I wish you had pointed your lens more to the left - Mital's repost nicely recreates the effect this would have done to the comp. Overall well done!

[Danny J Brown]

Another beautiful shot Clement. The eye is intense and for some reason my crazy brain likes the original composition instead of pushing the bird off to the right.

[James Salywoda]

Another stunning shot Clement nice angle,pose and details. Excellent Work!

[Stu Bowie]

Super look back pose, and that eye stands out so well. Good overall detail, and Mital's repost regarding the comp works well.

[Malcolm Benn]

What a stunner ... love the shot .. great eye contact and head angle and I really like the background, great use of DOF

[Betsie Storm]

Really like the colours and textures in this image, BG colours complementing the bird perfectly, soft grass BG vs the detail of feathers. Well done, Clement.

[John Ippolito]

Handsome bird well exposed, detailed and posed. Love the brilliant eye. Very nicely done!

[scott benson]

very nice shot.

[Marina Scarr]

Hi Clement: This shot is a killer. The bird's eye just pops right out of the monitor. I prefer the original comp and colors, esp after learning more info. I would however prefer just a tad more room on top. You have a real winner here!