Martial Eagle

[Chris Kotze]

Kruger National Park. Canon 40D
lens 100-400 L SS 1/6000 sec
f9.0
ISO 400
13h08


This guy came from no were swooping down. I leaned out of the car and manage a couple of shots. The light were not the best as this were at noon.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Love the angle and the splayed primaries. Also like the blue sky with clouds.

[Morkel Erasmus]

loved this the first time I saw it. great handling of already harshish light, and the pose, eye contact and sky are gorgeous Chris...

[arash_hazeghi]

Exposure is good given the light, so is detail and composition. Like the bright yellow eye. HA is good but not perfect since the other eye is only partially visible (would like full eye or clear beak view + one eye), bird profile is slightly slim due to shooting angle.

[Gene Potter]

Nice capture for hanging the window. We all should be so lucky…

[Brian Barcelos]

I agree with whats been said. Love those eyes and wing position works really well here. I might sharpen a little more around the head. Congrats

Brian

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Handled the light well mate. I love those bright yellow eyes. Great pose! Congrats! :)

[Harshad Barve]

Nice flight captured here , agreed on above commnets
TFS

[Dave Barnes]

Great sighting and you did well with this grab shot. Is this a large crop Chris?
Like the detail under the wings. what metering mode did you use and what was your exp comp?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Looks very simalar to our short toed snake eagle. loved the head on pose and details. congrats...

do you know whats its main diet.

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for all the views and comments
@ Dave we were travelling to wards Satara and at that time of the day not really any photo opportunities unless one spots something special. My cam setting was on a previous shot set at Pattern metering, 0 exposures, ISO 400 and f9.0. I reacted quickly when I saw this guy that I just point and shoot to my advantage I suppose :) PS it about a 50% crop.

[Stu Bowie]

Great sighting Chris, and I like the curled primaries. Great eye contact, and the clouds adds to the image nicely.

[Loukie Viljoen]

All very well done under circumstances