Juvenile Fish Eagle

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Kwara conession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, 29th December 2010, only time for 3 frames. Patched out a few bright spots in BG.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held from open game viewing vehicle

F4, ISO800, 1/4000

[Doug Brown]

Very majestic pose Ken, with excellent sharpness. Like the perch too. The bird feels a little tight in the frame, and I think a contrast boost might help overall image quality. There's quite a bit of noise in the primaries of the bird's right wing, which should be an easy fix.

[arash_hazeghi]

great birs, love to see one in real life, image appears noisy to me as well.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for your comments.

The noise is nowhere near as noticable in TIFF, I'll give it another go perhaps I really needed a little +EV.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely sighting Ken, love the pose and head turned towards you, great capture. I would try and make the bird pop a bit more, find that the bird and BG tones to similar TFS

[Pieter de Waal]

Nice pose of a majestic bird Ken. Love the mottled plumage and agree with a little more contrast. Nice to get the shot at such a low angle.