Greater Spotted Eagle

[Mrudul Godbole]

Greater spotted eagle juvenile (Aquila clanga) . Photographed this at Hasearghatta a few days back.

A medium-sized eagle, the greater spotted eagle only has white spots as a juvenile, when they extend in bands across the upperwing. By adulthood, the spots have faded leaving dark brown feathers across the head, body and wings, with slightly paler flight feathers on the upper side. In gliding flight, the greater spotted eagle holds the feathers at the tips of the wings downward. Although mainly a quiet bird, this eagle has a barking ‘kyak’ call during the breeding season

Canon 50D, 100-400mm L IS USM, f8, ISO 200, 1/200, hand held

Comments and critiques welcome.

[Bibhav Behera]

The composition is nice. The shadows are a bit strong. Would have loved to see this in better light. The patterns of the reeds is also nice.
Thanks for sharing and the extra info to chew on.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely environmental image. I like the composition. The reeds have come out nicely. Eye contact is fine. Side lighting brings out the form nicely, but in bird photography, it casts shadows and often people don't like it due to less of plumage details visible in the shadow regions. In this case, I don't mind it, as the details in the wings has come out nicely.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice image Mrudul, the one we photographed today with a catch (fish) at Hessarghatta is also Greater Spotted Eagle, I will post it soon.
tfs