The Look

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is the best plumaged spotted eagle I worked in the wild with till date.

spec:1/800, F 7.1, ISO 800, expo -1/3

canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

[Harshad Barve]

Kiranbhai
You are killing us with some breathtaking raptor images ;):)
TFS

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful portrait w/ an open mouth. I love the head-on stare. Nice complimentary BG. Very nice details and sharpness.

[Anand Kavalapara]

Gives a new meaning to the word can you see the bird's tonsils with your lens. Great shot and amazing feather detail.

[Lorant Voros]

You got pretty close to this one. Lovely open beak, colors, light, detail and BG. Very nice one again.

[Bryan Hix]

Excellent. Love the eyes and open mouth.

[Betsie Storm]

Love the close-up detail, sharpness and what a pose. He really focused on you, see the pupil position? Thanks for sharing this one.

[Ben Egbert]

This is great. You have perfect symetry from the chin up meaning the shot was dead straight on the head.

[Raymond Barlow]

Bhai, really sweet shot, the expression on the face is superb!!

[Doug Brown]

Love the symmetry of the pose and the incredible eye contact. Details are impressive. Why -1/3?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, no suggestions. Loved the tight frame and the head-on look. What did you do to the noise? with negative comp( which you probably dialed in to get good SS), you must have needed to lighten it during raw conversion. That usually brings out a lot of noise. Hence asking.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool stare, sharpness, soft light and BG. The open mouth adds to it.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

He certainly gave you a stare! Great image!

[Jim Crosswell]

Top quality image Kiran! If you get any closer they are going to start fogging up your lens!!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all Dear people for all the love and encouragement,

@ KD & Doug: There was some issue with the body, the shots I took earlier to this felt over exposed so I push it down a bit, I feel there was some metering issue with my body as they was some comm problems with the TC on. The noise at ISO 800, is pretty manageable with desent light. I did clean out the BG.

Thanks again,

Kiran.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Kiran,
This is lovely. The open mouth is superb. Lot of details in the image. I like the eye contact. Is this full frame? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[RakeshDhareshwar]

This is breathtaking !!!! I think now the only thing left for you is shoot raptors inside out ????

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic head shot Kiran I love the open beak and excellent detail....