Crested Serpent Eagle in Golden Light- Tadoba

[Amol Khedgikar]

My favorite Eagle in golden Evening light. right out of my window in Tadoba National Park, Central India.

Rebel XTi, 50-500, f6.3, ISO 400, cropped for composition about 20-30%. Sharpened using action provided here.

C&C welcome, requested and appreciated.


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[arash_hazeghi]

beautiful raptor, nice BG and eye contact. the IQ is not great however, head, talons and the tail look hazy

[Amol Khedgikar]

Thanks Arash,

What do you mean by hazy? soft?

The action Probably didnt include the talons while sharpening. The mud on them didnt help either. The tail looks ok on my screen. But I will try to get back some detail if I can in the repost soon.

[gail bisson]

Very beautiful light indeed. I would prefer to see this as a vertical crop. BG is great as well. I would do another round of sharpening on the foot but am happy with the head and tail,
Gail

[Sidharth Kodikal]

I love the comp, the light and the bg, Amol.
I'd try reducing the highlights on the perch and the talon to give it a bit more definition.
Eye contact is just great.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Amol, lovely light and warm colours in this, and I like the pose. I do like that BG, but a vertical would be the best option here, as Gail mentioned.

[Amol Khedgikar]

Thanks Sidharth and Stuart, I too like the landscape comp but I am biased because I remember the beautiful setting in which this bird was and I like to visualize the whole scene the way I saw it. So I never gave a thought to the vertical comp. Here it is. Pl tellme which one you all like.

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