The Eagle lands

[Kiran Poonacha]

Got this Tawny Eagle landing on a termite mound. could not do much with the underwing details.

spec: 1/2000, F 7.1, ISO 400.

canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

[Harshad Barve]

Kiranbhai
Stunner for sure , lovely wing pose , techs spot on and killer BG
TFS

[Ofer Levy]

Great shot!! I see no problem with the underwing. Great pose, sharpness, light, BG and what a bird!!!

[Elmar Venter]

Excellent Kiran. Beautiful subject, great detail and pose.

[Lorant Voros]

Nice BG, pose, detail, eye contact and what a beautiful bird.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran...very good pose and lighting. I am fine with lack of underwing details. You guys have got some really productive termite mounds out there. rocking image.

KD

[Stu Bowie]

Kiranbhai, you just keep on turning them out. Well timed for the landing, and I like the angle. Exceptional sharp detail, and well exposed colours. Killer BG too. Congrats on a fine image.

[Geurt Bloem]

Kiran, I think you are a bit hard on yourself with your own critique. I see this as an excellent image with a fabulous subject, excellent eye contact with the viewer, nice light quality, sharp detail, natural perch, lovely creamy background and a very good design (composition) to boot. I'd say, pat yourself on the shoulder and lets see the next good one!

[Clement Francis]

Just too classy and almost perfect shot of this wonderful beauty

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Kiran! It looks like he may have perched there before by the indent in the mounds ridge. Good eye contact and HA too.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice BG, pose, detail, eye contact!!!

[Brian Barcelos]

Kiran Bhai, excellent shot. HA, wing position BG all amazing. Plenty of detail under the wing for me. Maybe you should consider doing workshops there in India, I'm sure you would get lots of clientele;). Congrats

[Danny Laredo]

Kiran, this is real nice. Love the pose you captured here. Love the light and BG.

[A_Maddah]

Hi Kiran
Realy nice.All good.Congratulations!

Asad

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I don't mind the dark tips at all. Love the action captured here and the eye contact. BG is a winner.

[Rohan Kamath]

fantastic pose... loved the BG and eye contact too...

-Cheers,
Rohan
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[Mital Patel]

late but not least replying bhai. huge congrats for this.
make me one wall paper with the size of 1440x900 and that would last long on my laptop i carry everytime i go out untill you get another winner :)

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent banacing pose Kiran, lots of defination as usual , congrats

[Nagesh Mula]

Hi Kiran, needless to say this is one more pic which is again inspiring. Congrats!!

[paul leverington]

Kiran--Hey--even if you pulled some detail out of the underside I don't beleive that would help due to the position of them--the strength is in the body and tops of the wings, perch and bg. Just a fantastic shot! Very, very powerful. Lots of great things working for you here. Way to go!

Paul

[Arthur Morris]

Kiran-bhai, Let me know if you like my work on the near underwing.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Great capture! Well exposed with great detail & colours. Like the light, BG & posture. Well done!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you guys for your great words of encouragement, It means a lot to me. Yeah Jim he was actually just landed and balancing before settleing down.

@ guru: thank you so much, you touching up my image is a sure honour to me. sure looks better.

Thank you all again.

Regards,

Kiran

[Jay Gould]

Kiran-bhai, while all has been said, I keep focusing on the legs!

Amazing how powerful they appear.

Artie, you opened up the underwing detail very nicely; you can do the same for me anytime!

[Duane Noblick]

I have nothing else to say other then I agree with all the above comments. Be proud of this image.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great repost by the Maestro! :D Sure brought out some detail and it's a good improvement. I love the original as much though. Good to compare the two.

Well done Kiranbhai. As expected from you!

[denise ippolito]

Kiran, Beautiful pose and details! Gorgeous BG. Artie's repost looks great!

[Arthur Morris]

guru: thank you so much, you touching up my image is a sure honour to me. sure looks better. Thank you all again.Regards, Kiran

YAW. With such a fine image the honor is mine. I painted a QM of the underwing and then pulled the Curve up. Then I used the Patch Tool to smooth the transition line. All as described in Digital Basics (and APTATS !)

[Michael Zajac]

Kiran, Fantastic image! You have been posting some outstanding images. Love the perch and the talons showing. Nice repost by Artie.

[James Salywoda]

Spectacular shot Kiran....

[Ajit Huilgol]

Flabbergasted, Kiran!

[Juan Aragonés]

I missed this one Kiran. Just an outstanding image ver, very well executed
My hat is off ... :)