An adult white-tailed eagle (Haliaetus albicilla) actively defends its lump meat against a 1st year youngster trying to nibble a bit at the side:
"Get Off!!"
The image was made from a hide in south Sweden about 1 month ago.
Both birds are wild but the rings makes the photograph qualify for this "hand of man" category. By the way, the birds' rings show that the adult one was hatched in a nest at the Baltic sea coast in Finland in 2003 while the juvenile bird hatched in 2007 by one of Sweden's large inland lakes.
Cheers, Jens.
Technical;
335 mm, ISO 640, 1/125 sec., f/5.6, everything manual, the face of the adult was sharpened slightly in FocusMagic.
Jens
I certainly like the action in this one....and especially the close crop to show it. I wasn't sure the when I first saw it but after looking at it a second time I really like the blurred head of the juvenile.....definitely implies more action. Well done.
Actually, at first look I liked this image but I sorted it to the 'second rank keepers bin' because so many viewers today demand pin sharp wildlife images. Therefore, I'm glad that you guys appreciate the action and can see the added effects of the motion blur. The blur, by the way, was unavoidable due to the fast action on site as you can see in this sequence of 3 images taken within the time frame of 1 second (you can also see the original FOV before the crop).