The Snake Eagle Stares

[Kiran Poonacha]

Made this under very low light. Very difficult subjects to get close up. I thank the Lord and the Eagle for letting me enjoy this beauty close up.

Spec:1/640, F: 6.3, ISO 800.

Canon 40D + 500mm+1.4TC

[Stu Bowie]

And what a stare!!! Kiran, I like the comp, well exposed, and really sharp. Super BG too. If I had to change anything, I would maybe darken the BG very slightly. Still, congrats on a fine image.

[Rohan Kamath]

what eyes man kiran...truly fearsome... The clarity is superb...and exposure is bang on...

[Harshad Barve]

what a stare man , simply awesome, I wont change anything , loving it all the way
TFS

[Mital Patel]

just loved as it is what it is. truely a majestic stare.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the stare, angle, soft light, composition and BG. The image looks a bit oversharpened which could be partially due to the high ISO. I would work on the eyes and remove the horizontal bright lines in the pupils.

[Tony Whitehead]

Good symmetry with the stare. I like the complementary colours and tones in the BG and plumage that highlight the eyes. You've done well with the DOF to keep everything sharp. I agree with Axel's suggestion regarding a touch of selective eye work. Well done.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Love the stare! Great close up. I won't comment on the sharpening, as I am really messing up my pictures on the sharpening front. Personally, I would leave the eyes as they are.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Well done from all aspects. The stare is quite mesmerizing...such glowing yellows (were the yellows "boosted" in PS?) Getting rid of the horizontal lines in the eyes is subjective, but I would do it. P.S. I don't consider 1/640s at ISO 800 very low light ;-)

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all dear people for all the suggestion: I have made the changes as suggested kindly let me know.

@ stuart: I have darkened the BG. see if it is ok.

@Axel, Tony and Daniel: I have reduced the sharpeness and touched up the Eye. kindly comment.

@ Daniel: Sorry, I meant to say less light beacuse of no catch light.


Thanks again, you all are a great help.

Regards,

Kiran.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Sorry Daniel: forgot to mention, I did brighten up the eye by 9 in PS to the right. they have great glowing yellow eyes, may be beause that hunt in very low light,

[Jim Fenton]

I like everything about it and there is only one thing which I'd change......

I might level between the nostrils of the center of the pupils just to straighten it out a hair with CW rotation.

I do agree with Axel about the one vertical light shaft on the right eye.

[sree.kumar.h]

Amazing Kiran. The sharpness and clarity you bring out in your images is just fantastic.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost looks much better, I would only remove the vertical bright line in the bird's right eye.