On a Mission

[Dudley Watson]

Image captured on recent visit to Giant's Castle hide in Drakensberg South Africa. We were fortunate to have a few sightings of this beautiful Verreaux's Eagle.
Nikon D3S
500mm f4 Lens
ISO 800 f7.1
S/S 1/2500 sec
E/c -1/3
1.4 Teleconverter
Comments appreciated

[Richard Unsworth]

Every now and then images like this appear and simply blow you away; the pose is just brilliant
looks a bit noisy to me but dont care about that
tremendous!

[christopher galeski]

very nice image,comical pose,looks like it has had a row with the wife,and is storming off,sharp and good detail,I also see some noise in the BG,well done.

[gail bisson]

I can just imagine all the shutter clicks going off in the hide when this stunning raptor appeared!
I love the clear view of the foot in mid stride. Great BG.
A bit more of a head turn towards you would have been amazing but still a wonderful shot.
Agree re: BG noise.
Gail

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic pose and what an amazing bird! Would crop a bit less which will help with the noise.

[Randy Stout]

Dudley:

Tremendous pose, agree with Gail about the head turn, and Ofer about a looser crop.

If mine, I would try a version with the large rock in the LLC burned in just a bit to lower its luminosity.

Cheers

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Dudley,
Magnificent pose captured.
Love the marching pose on rocks,wonderful details in blacks and expression of Eagle.

Regards,
Satish.

[Dawid De Wet]

Very lucky sighting at GC, great detail in blacks, like the action and movement.

Well captured !











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[Vivaldo Damilano]

Awesome image Dudley, I love the outstretched foot and low angle well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Dudley. I like the marching pose, intent look and IQ. Some good suggestions above to make this image even greater.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. Love the pose. Especially the lifted foot, great background, and great detail.
Well done.

[HadiAnsari]

Great image Dudley .very nice image.sharp and good detail,I also see some noise in the BG,well done

[Arno Ellmer]

Wonderful capture,Dudley! I love the display of the massive claw and the feathered leg.

[Markus Jais]

Great shot. What massive claws and large feet this species has. I like the walking pose.

Markus

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice pose and colours.

[Dudley Watson]

Thank you all for comments and recommendations. These are really appreciated. I have incorporated these into the attachede image