Happy New Year

[Kiran Poonacha]

Dear Friends,
Its a bit late :S3:, But still " Happy New Year to all my dear bird loving friends".:cheers:

Have a beautiful year ahead.

About the PIC: It was one of those days where the bird is a bit bolder than usual and lets you close and on that day I came across this beautiful Short toed snake eagle sit on a ant hill and warming up with the setting sun.

Spec: 1/1250, F 5.6, ISO 800, -1/3.

Mk4+500mm+1.4TC

Regards,

Kiran.

[Sachin Saraf]

Happy New Year to you too Kiran bhai...

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, light and details are great. Great job getting so close. Very unique with those nictitating membranes. Would also like to see one with nictitating membranes not closed.

[EzhilSuresh]

Happy New Year Kiran. Brilliant head portrait.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Happy New Yeasr to you as well. Interestin and really nice detail. Those membranes are very veiny huh?

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice light and details Kiran, while it is interesting to see a photo with the nictitating membrane I personally prefer one with eyes wide open for this kind of portrait. TFS

Happy new year to you too, I am looking forward to your excellent work!

[James Salywoda]

Happy New Year Kiran An interesting looking portrait nice bg and detail.

[Jeroen Stel]

Happy New Year to you too and what an amazing portrait...this could do well in one of the Harry Potter movies!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Grace Scalzo]

Happy New Year to you also, Kiran. Interesting image. At first I was mesmerized by the detail in the membranes and the more I looked at this, the more my attention drifted to that incredibly sharp beak. Thanks for thinking a bit differently and sharing this one.

[Ishmeet Sahni]

A Dramatic image, further dramatised by the nictitating membrane...... a very different perspective. Very nice....

[James Fuller]

Sweet light. Are you sure this bird isn't a zombie? :w3

[vikram potdar]

Kiran Happy New Year. Great shot. Love the light and exposure. Details on veins are awesome.