African Fish Eagle with Tiger Fish

[Albert Froneman]

Made this image from a small boat in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. It is indeed a challenge to follow these birds as they swoop down to snatch fish from the water.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/6400 sec
Aperture: 4
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 640
Lens: 300mm

All comments welcome!

P.S. image quality suffered a bit from compression to keep it below the 146.5kb limit..

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great timing, details and exposure control! Maybe a bit CW rotation. Do you have a frame in which one can see the underside of the left wing? That would be the icing on the cake for me but I like it as is.

[Tony Whitehead]

Great light and action , Albert. The bird's right wing tip in the water is great

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the details and the action,great catch!!!

[Caroline Darmo]

Wow! Love the determined look on the bird's face, impressive image.

[Jeff Wear]

great image ,well done all around

[David Steele]

Wonderful timing, wonderful image.