Another African Fish Eagle

[Chris van Rooyen]

Another image from the Delta trips we did earlier this year, taken in early morning sweet light. The eagles were baited with small fish. Comments always welcome:)

Camera Model: NIKON D3
Date/Time: 2009:10:21 06:44:34
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 500
Lens: 500mm
Focal length: 500mm (hand-held)

[Mital Patel]

chris we have total winner here. what a moment freezed. reflection over the wing is bonus and the expo is just bang on. a very thin glow around the white actually adds lot for me.

[Ashay Dhavale]

Excellent action shot. The exposure here is excellent. Loved the wingspread

[Vaibhav Garge]

What a shot...The light on the wings is terrific and the exposure on the whites is spot on.

[Mital Patel]

chris i could not able to stop myself coming here again and post. my personal wish though to see this frame in double or more large size if you can.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super image Chris. However, the glow Mital spoke about, is something I find unnatural and distracting. Was it created by blurring the BG? Also, the top wings left feather tip seems to have been blurred too. Other than that, I love the pose and light. Also wish for a slightly better head angle. I like the vertical crop.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful wing position,pose...warm colors!

[Jim Fenton]

Beautiful.......a bit more room on the left and in my wildest dreams, a bit more of a head turn....but it's wonderful just the way it is.

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent banking angle Chris, and just love the full show of the wings. I like the waters reflection cast on the underwing, and overall, this is tack sharp. Great capture.

[Varun Bellie]

Fabulous shot ,Lovely light, details & pose. why not a Horizontal compo, even I would love to see a bigger image

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful details and fantastic colors. Only wish it were mine.Love everything about it.

[Ofer Levy]

Another stunner!!

[Fabs Forns]

Great "Van Rooyen" light enhanced by the water reflecting it up to the wings. Gorgeous bird very well captured.

[Mike Veltri]

Fabulous shot with great details and wonderful light on the subject.

[Paul Kusmin]

that's a stunner for sure, one of the best wing spreads i've seen in a while, great light, top shot!

[Lorant Voros]

Stunning image. Love the wing spread, the light, the water reflected on the bird. Nice one, master.

[Roy Priest]

Chris, I can't add too much as everything has been said, but I particularly like the reflection on the wing. Beauty of a shot.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

One of the best wing-spreads I have ever seen. Just wonderful Chris....not that we expect anything less from you....

[Nevil Lazarus]

I really like this very much - would look great printed on canvas..

[Dave Leroy]

Certainly made great use of the light. I really like the way you have captured all the detail in an action shot. Lovely pose as well. Dave

[DarrenMcKenna]

Awesome image, no nits.










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[Suzanne Huot]

Fantastic image ,love the light ,the details everything about pleases ,like Denise I wish it was mine too

[Harshad Barve]

Spectacular image Chris , I liked this very much as posted


Great "Van Rooyen" light enhanced by the water reflecting it up to the wings. Gorgeous bird very well captured.

+ 1 here
TFS

[Nagesh Mula]

Its a great shot Van, simply loved it. Congrats!!

[Mike Fuhr]

Wow is all I can say! Man that is a beauty.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I dont like it at all,


I just LOVED it...

[Tony Whitehead]

Reminds me of your painting on the cover of Robert's, Chris. Superb plumage detail and pose.

[Danny Laredo]

Stunning light and capture.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks guys, I'm overwhelmed by the response! Mark I have indeed been a bit sloppy with my layer mask (I should not process images late at night!) , trust you to pick up on that:-)

[Krijn Trimbos]

Chris the pose and exposure are too good!! Love the BG and exceptional underwing detail. Slightly beter eye contact or a different flightpath would have made this even better IMHO. Thanks for showing this awesome capture

[Ramon M. Casares]

This one is simply uotstanding and just over the top IMO, although in a perfect world the bird would've given you a tad better HA I still think this is amazing! Congratulaitons!

[Gerard Satherley]

Inspirational image.

[Betsie Storm]

Another outstanding image, Chris. This one tops your Roberts cover painting :)

[James Salywoda]

Stunning Image Chris.....