White Ghost

[Richard Unsworth]

Short toed Eagle (Snake Eagle)

A visitor to the meadow here in Ourique; came from nowhere, left for somewhere.
I will wait his return.
7D 100-400 down sun at noon, processed in CS6, deliberate white (see how they hide against the sun/white sky)

1/800 f5.6 iso400 manual

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Lovely shot Richard. I've never seen one of these guys before and I think you've done a great shot of showing one off for us.

Looking forward to some more from your next outing. Hope he shows up again!

Miguel

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

A very unique shot Richard and I like it. I like that you can barely view eyes on this owl but you do. Great wing spread

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks Cheryl and Miguel

Note, not an Owl. Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) in Light phase, a rare bird across most of its range, though quite common in Spain.
It has an impressive wingspan of up to 6 feet! While observing in my patch I have seen a couple but to have one pass over ones head is nice.
As I can appreciate some will not favour the way the OP is processed I am posting a more conventional version.

[PhilCook]

Looks like a difficult subject to get right with exposure but this has worked nicely, still quite distinct from the white out sky and liking the light through the wings and tail

[Nick Palmieri]

Congrats for capturing this rare bird. I love the high key look and feel of this image, the wing spread and tail feather are nice. Exposure looks good.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Richard, great underside view of this species. Im not familiar with this eagle, so cant comment on your processing with regards to the colours in each post, but still well captured.