portrait of female bonelli's eagle

[niranjan sant]

canon 1d m4
canon 400 @ f-4
shutter 1/320 @ iso 400

[Ilija Dukovski]

I like it a lot. Great bird, love the raised feathers on the head.
The feet and visible talons add a lot here.
Good exp, eye looks very good. HA OK, bit of a turn would make it
even better. Perch and BG nice too. I would probably remove
the little bright speck on the wing. Congratulations.

[RAM MALLYA]

amazing BG , sharpness and pose of the bird a stunner

[denise ippolito]

Really beautiful looking bird. I like the pose w/ the raised feathers. Sharp details and I agree w/ the removal of the tiny speck. Is the BG natural? It looks lovely and stormy. I was just wondering.

[Mark Schmitt]

Bird I've not seen many posts of. This is a good one. Only suggestion I might make would be to do some selective dodge and burn: particularly of the secondary and primary flight feathers; just to lift some detail and resolution. All else is fairly good. ;)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful in all respects. Love the pose, excellent eye contact, detail , low angle and perch. Awesome BG too. Congratulations and many thanks for sharing.

[Rahul Sachdev]

loved it as is. I am yet to see one perched so clearly, let alone taking a snap :)

The 1dmk4 seems to be doing well...

[Markus Jais]

Killer image. Absolutely fantastic!!! Great light, BG, head turn. Wonderful sharpness.

I love those birds, they are amazing in every way.
How is the population in India for those birds? Here in Europe we have only a little bit more than 1000 pairs and the species is one of the most endangered raptors in Europe.

There is a whole new book coming out covering the species across it's range:
http://europeanraptors.org/books/new...-conservation/


Markus

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Niranjan, I always think it will be hard for you to beat yourself when it comes to Bonelli's shots. But you have done it here again. Light, comp, BG, DOF, pose....beautiful.

[Mital Patel]

havgin said so many things for you sir. If you are not aware i here by declare to all that i know this personality as "The Bonelli's Man" .. Envy you Niranjan bhai and i am **** sure i havent seen anyone having such huge variation documentation of this species with perfectly photographed in every frame.

Congrats Bro. I may wish one day i could meet you and being a Bonelli's Fan could atleast see them in field.

[arash_hazeghi]

Lovely details and nice BG, I liek the pose too. well done.

[niranjan sant]

hi,thank you for kind words. here i would like to ans few questions
denise,this is a natural bg,its actually mountains in the bg,early mornning before sun hits those,they look like this,one of my favourite bg's
markus,this bird is doing better here in india.but habitat degradation is rampant here and soon they will come under pressure.i have spent quite some time doing observations of these eagles and have written some papers too on their behaviour. and waiting for the book you mentioned for a long time. i have contributed lot of pictures for the book.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great looking eagle Sir, nice pose, perch and BG...

[denise ippolito]

Niranjan, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question. The background is so lovely and adds so much to the image:)

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Perfect image, Niranajan . Shows the power of the raptor !!

[Markus Jais]

Niranjan, thanks for the information. Looking forward to seeing your pictures in the book.

Markus