Crested Serpent Eagle doing its routines

[Atul Sinai]

This was during the IndiaWilds meet at Kabini. We were quite close to this fellow and got some time as this one patiently sat on the branch for a while before taking off.

This moment was captured when this fellow was excreting. Also the eye is covered by the nictitating membrane during the action.

Please critique !

Location: Kabini
Canon 7D. 400mm f5.6
Manual Exposure
Auto Focus
Manual metering
Shutter Speed 1/500
Aperture 5.6
ISO 800
Focal Length 400mm
Cropped by 7%
Handheld

Thanks!

Regards,
Atul

[Mrudul Godbole]

You captured the moment. I liked the composition and the details. Where is the crop from? A bit more space at the bottom would be good. Thanks for sharing.

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

wow moment captured beautifully... good one thanks for sharing

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks guys !

Mrudul, there is no space at the bottom. The crop is from the top and right.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice timing.....:D

TFS
Roopak

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Very nice capture. Nice that you recorded the nictitating membrane, and the defecating behaviour. A vertical would have been great, but I think you weren't anticipating this.
TFS

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I was wondering if you got it. Good to know that you have captured it well. I agree with Abhishek that a vertical would have been nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi