Fish Eagle Photobomb

[Morkel Erasmus]

Finally processed some long overdue avian images again! Those darn lions and elephant photos just keep me too busy ...

Full frame on the Chobe river in Botswana - gotta love it!
Cropped from sides (shot in landscape orientation).

Techs:
Nikon D3s
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f5.6 | 1/1250 SS | ISO-1400
Overcast weather

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mork, I like how the FE is stretched diagonally across the frame, and with a good head turn. The whites on the neck can be tricky, but the overcast conditions have helped there. The underwing detail looks good too.

Gotta make chobe one day - getting bored of Mashatu.

[Thinus Schoeman]

Well done Morkel, I like the close-up. IMO, I think there is room for more of this kind of BIF images to display more detail around the head areas. Some birds do have very small heads. Great composition!

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Stunning shot Morkel, love this close-up and the excellent detail, nicely done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot Morkel I like the fine detail and super exposure.

[shane shacaluga]

Look at the size of those talons!!!!!!

Lovely outstretched wing position and subject details

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

The comp works really well! Some of the whites look hot as posted, and there is a small blotch above the top tail feather to get rid of, but all else looks really good to me.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer details here. Comp/crop works well.