A Twany Eagle Close Up

[Kiran Poonacha]

These Eagles have just finished their parental duties and have brought their young out. This is the right time to make close ups as their are bold and allow you closer than other times. Made use of such an opportunity and made this image.

Canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

Spec: 1/800, F 7.1, -1/3, ISO 400.

regards,

Kiran

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, angle, details and BG. I might remove the bright spot on the beak. Were you in a blind to photograph them?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thanks Axel , regarding the white spot..I tried removing that, when I compared the images the beak looked dull, this added more shine as the texture of the beak really is. I approached them with my SUV got down hiding behinding the SUV and made this.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran...lovely shot. I liked the feather details a lot. Head turn is perfect. Your raptor images are superb. I follow them on indianaturewatch too.

I find something strange about the BG above the head. 'plumes of smoke' kind-of effect.

[David Hemmings]

Kiran, this is a stunning image with lots of details and beautiful matching bg colors. I might consider taking a little off the top of the frame for composition purposes.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I Iove the pose and the warm colors!!!

[Grace Scalzo]

This is sweet! Great eye, details, and composition. Like it alot!!

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb job with this smazing portrait. I cannot image to myself doing this kind of portrait of a raptor in Spain because they are really shy all the season. I absolutelly love the pose of the bird and the stare looking interested in something outside the frame. Very nice BG and great matching colors in the bG and subject.

[Lorant Voros]

Nice portrait with great detail, BG and light. Nice that you could get so close to it. Congrats.

[Randy Stout]

Kiran;

Lovely shot. I agree with David about a crop from the top, perhaps 1/3 of the open space could be removed.
Nice exposure,sharpness, BG.

Randy

[Mital Patel]

dear all as a result of all appreciation i would like to share a title we call this fellow.

"A Raptor Man" keep an eye on his upload and i am sure everyone will agree to the title given to him.

A stunner and cracker portrait Kiran BHAI. Hail to the raptor man.

so much influenced with your shots. so inspiring to me since i started raptor photography too :)

[Morkel Erasmus]

agree about making it slightly tighter but MAN what a super shot!! that eye will haunt my dreams tonight... ;)

the detail, the stare, the sharpness - I love this.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you Dear people for all your encouragement and suggestion, I am really learing a lot.

Thanks Mital bhai, all the encouragement gives me a great boost to push myself harder.

Only cropping the top gave it a box frame so cropped out the sides too a bit. Also as Axel suggested I took off the shine on the beak.

what do you feel?

Regards,

Kiran

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I think the repost is even stronger, well done!

[Stu Bowie]

Pin sharp detail, and what a pose. Good light, with complimentary colours in the BG. Your repost works well Kiran.

[Stephen Earle]

Very nice close up Kiran. I love the scuff marks on it's bill.. it tells a story.

[DarrenMcKenna]

Gorgeous image as presented.





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[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Kiran
I prefer with the beak shine. A well-composed portrait with nice earthy colors.
Your raptor images are really world-class. Great to have your company here mate. Keep up the inspirational work.
Cheers from Oz. :)

[Mark Dumbleton]

Superb close portrait - amazing detail! Repost works well!