Crested serpent eagle with prey

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

This magnificent crested serpent eagle had just caught its prey when we happened upon it at Dudhwa national park.
300mm, ISO 320, 1/500s - F/5.6

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Lovely image.I like the composition, leafy branch included; as it is generally perched on leafy trees.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWid

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice moment. seems far off.

TFS
Roopak

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image of the eagle holding onto what seems like a snake. Agree, it does seem far. Thanks for sharing.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose and eye contact. The eye doesn't seem to be in critical sharpness. Seems there was a shake. Did you click from a running gypsy? Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Looks like some kind of snake is in the talons. I agree that it is far off. In bird photography apart from long lenses can't be praised enough. :)

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Your right! I have reached the proverbial dead end of my 70-300mm lens. This was taken at 300mm and from quite a distance, so performance is really stretched. New lens required for such shots...and yes this was taken from a gypsy, but stationary. Could have been better focused.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

The eagle eating its prey and eyeing us!