African Fish Eagle

[Chris van Rooyen]

Another image from my recent trip to the Okavango. The 200-400 f/4 proved to be a fantastic lens for catching the eagles in flight. This guy was baited with a small bream.

Camera Model: NIKON D3
Date/Time: 2009:09:06 08:33:13
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 720
Lens: AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED
Focal length: 300mm

[Lorant Voros]

Chris,

So nice to see regular posts from you again. Detail, exposure, eye contact are great and to action makes this image a winner for me. Congratulations.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Killer pose,details,wing position and timing!!!

[Tony Whitehead]

Love the light and flight angle, Chris. Pity the bream was not bigger. Glad you're enjoying the 200-400 - I think mine would have to be surgically removed to get it off me:D

[Stephen Earle]

Exceptional Chris. Great bg and detail. How about those talons.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Sharp with great light and BG. Nice exposure on the whites and the action is too good!

[Joe Senzatimore]

JUST KILLER!!!!!!!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Too good Chris. Beautiful image. Sharpness is amazing.
Quite a small snack for the eagle. :)

Szimi

[denise ippolito]

The BG colors and the water splash add alot to this fantastic image! Nice to see the talons!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool capture, sharpness and BG. I would only lighten the shadows on the wings.

[Michael Zajac]

Fantastic action shot. I think you did a great job w/ the exposure but I think the whites should be brought up a bit on the head. Great sharpness and detail.

[arash_hazeghi]

Spectacular details and sharpness, perfect light, pupil clearly visible! congrats.

[Stu Bowie]

Amazingly sharp, and just love the action captured. Comp works well, and the splashes add to the image too.

[Aditya Shankar]

Amazing action shot Chris!! .... stunningly sharp like the previous one. nice color of the BG ... nice comp & the splash of water adds to it.. those irresistible talons.. woo!! Congrats.. hope you have more coming.. !!

[Hendri Venter]

Awesome sharpness and action captured. The spash does add a lot. Well done Chris.

[Danny Laredo]

This is outstanding. Well captured..and excellent light and flight pose. Well done Chris.

[Ian Mason]

Fantastic image! I saw loads of these a few years ago in Zambia and wish I had any shots as good as this. Colours are brilliant and great detail. Only bit I don't understand is the blue triangle on the shadow?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great work Chris. Razor sharp and perfect pose.

[Chris van Rooyen]

THanks for all the comments, appreciated!

[Ramon M. Casares]

God... I wish some day I can get the species you get as good as you do :) Loved this one, thev pose, the splash, the detail, colors, BG and sharpness... I am amazed! Congratulations!