Martial Eagle with Guineafowl

[Nevil Lazarus]

From the distance, on the floodplains in the Chobe NP, it seemed that the Martial Eagle was standing on a heap of elephant turd...! We managed to drive pretty close, without disturbing it, and it became obvious that it had just attacked but not yet killed a large Helmetted Guineafowl.
1Dmk3 500 F4 ISO400 1/4000

[Jan Fourie]

very nice action image ,head of bird is a bit soft on my monitor?
wd
jan

[Ed Cordes]

Great action. Looks like he is telling you to stay away! Colors are good. On my monitor the head looks sharp, but seems to appear like a large enough crop to lose some detail?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the eye contact and open beak. The plumage of the fowl seems to be beautiful. The light is a bit harsh.

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely image with nice eye contact and open beak
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful image this, looks so much like our short toed snake eagle. loved the pose and eye contact here.. congrats...

[Nevil Lazarus]

Thanks for the comments - it is 80% of full frame - In my opinion, and blowing the original to full pixels, the head is pretty sharp.

[Rob Drummond]

Nice one Nevil, you've done a good job in what appears to be fairly harsh light.
In answer to your question - we were up at Bowra in late June with Jeff Davies and his wife and Simon Bennett. Spent 4 days there before pushing on to Bladensberg for about a week.

cheers
Rob

[Chris van Rooyen]

Another impressive image. Like the posture, I feel the head could be a tad sharper? Light was a bit harsh, but that you could do nothing about.

[Nevil Lazarus]

Maybe this re-post with a crop to bring it close in will illustrate more detail and sharpness?

[Chris van Rooyen]

Indeed very sharp!

[Betsie Storm]

A really striking image and lucky capture. I like all of it, and the foot claiming prey is a nice bonus. I would leave a tad more space above the head. Thanks for sharing.