Juvenile Fish Eagle

[Ken Watkins]

Taken off from one of the many drowned trees in Lake Kariba surrounding, Rhino Island, Matusadona NP, Zimbabwe, 21st September 2011.

EOS 1D MkIV

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

F5.6, ISO, 800, 1/500, EV +0.33

[Randy Stout]

Ken :

I like the leaning pose, the symmetry of the wing position and the primaries poking out into view, well exposed.

That same pose however means the head merges a bit to much with the wings, and we can't see any underwing detail.

Its not like we want it all, or anything

I might crop down just a bit from the top, since he hasn't taken off yet.

Cheers

Randy

[Mital Patel]

Beautiful image Ken,

Superb light and clean sharp image

[Stu Bowie]

Ken, I really like these pre-take off poses, and the head turned in the direction he's wanting to go. Good colours on the Juvi, and agree with Randy in taking a tad off the top. Im thinking of taking a touch off the RHS too.

[DanieBenade]

Awesome pose and details captured.

[Arthur Morris]

Great timing and a beautifully designed image. Bummer about the head getting slightly lost in the bird BKGR.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great timing to get this shot. Sharp and well exposed with a good comp !

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent take off captured super detail and comp.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks everybody for your kind comments, much appreciated.

This was probably the only Fish Eagle we saw this time who did not take off backwards, but still young enough to learn that trick