Fish Eagle preparing to strike

[Loukie Viljoen]

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2009:10:19 08:14:02
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Tv
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 420mm

[Marc Mol]

Great habitat image Loukie with good exposure, would benefit with touch more USM.

[Harshad Barve]

tremendous image , great pose , compo and expo
Another vote for sharpening
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

awesome pose and timing Loukie! I would sharpen some more as mentioned, and also lift the levels a bit to make it pop more.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Loukie, I like the placement of the subject in frame. I love the out stretched talons. Good comments above. In a perfect world I wish that the far wings was raised as much as the near one. I maybe mistaken but it looks like the head is angled slightly away. Image and thanks for sharing.

[David Fletcher]

Super timing Loukie. Some good suggestions made to enhance further. Thanks for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the striking posture, and agree some levels and sharpening will work.

[Suzanne Huot]

Very Dramatic image of Eagle beautifully caught in pixels,have to agree that a little more PP under the wing area would really make this even more so

[Dave Barnes]

Hi Loukie, it looks like you have run a NR over the bird and have lost a lot of detail?
Good pose and comp.

[arash_hazeghi]

Lovely pose and sweet action, feather detail seems to have been lost due to NR.