Martial Eagle

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Kwara concession, Botswana, 26th June 2009

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 IS hand-held from open game viewing vehicle

F5.6, ISO 400, 1/4000

[john jackson]

I like the pose and I like the perch. Good sharpness, but looks a little noisy on this screen.

Is this an African Hawk Eagle?

[Ken Watkins]

John,

I agree about the noise, sorry about that, trying to avoid halo's:S3:

I think your ID is probably correct, it is so long ago I forgot all about its ID, it could of course also be an Ayre's Hawk Eagle, but one thing is certain it is not a Martial.

[gail bisson]

Hi Ken,
I like the pose and the look back head position. You were shooting at an ISO of 400 so why is there so much noise in the image?
Gail

[Ken Watkins]

Gail,

I have absolutely no idea, my processing for here is clearly going to pot.:2eyes2::2eyes2:

[Dumay de Boulle]

It is a African Hawk Eagle...Lots of noise visible, did you underexpose the original image and try to lighten?

[Stu Bowie]

Ken, African Hawk Eagle it is. Good alert pose, and love the show of the talons. Surely your RAW file does not have this noise.

[Ken Watkins]

Well this has been a bit of a mess up all round,

ID wrong

Place wrong it should be Hwange, Zimbabwe

Date wring it should be 20th June 2009

and finally appaling processing, I have no idea at all what went in here

Here is a repost starting from scratch, still some noise probably as a result of large crop.