Fish Eagle & Tiger Fish Catch

[Loukie Viljoen]

From our trip to Xaro Lodge Botswana, thank you to Albert & Marietjie Froneman for a great time with fabulous photographs.


Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2009:10:19 07:44:32
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Exposure mode: Tv
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 640
Lens: EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x
Focal length: 420mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF

[Harshad Barve]

awesome shot , lovely capture and great light , dripping water adding much here
I liked it very much as posted
TFS

[Doug Brown]

Nice action captured; in particular I like the water droplets coming off of the fish. Sharpness is excellent. I wish the tip of the beak wasn't merged with the bird. Do you have another frame with the wings further up or down?

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent wing span and catch. EXP looks great and BG is nice. With this type of action, merging bill is not important to me.

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely wingspread and pose of my favourite bird Loukie. To me the whites on the head look a bit hot - they might not be blown but I would try to recover some detail there. amazing sharpness and agree with Peter regarding artifacts on the right wingtip.

[Brian Barcelos]

Always great to see raptors with a meal. Excellent job on exposure and very sharp all around. Nice eye contact and I love the little bit of blood dripping down the fishes belly. Congrats

[Danny Laredo]

This is really nice. Lovely capture for both of you.

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto Doug on the bill tip merge and sharp-eyed Peter on the right wing tip problems. An amazingly beautiful fish. My favorite parts of the picture is the two-talon grip and the red tail!

[David Fletcher]

I'm looking at this after suggestions made and am seeing no r/h artifacts, so I guess, good job Loukie!!!!! Congrats. Fine shot.