Short toed snake eagle taking off

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Tadoba. A beautiful specimen, it was drying itself atop a dead tree after a rainy night. This was early morning and the sighting made our day! Even the juvenile had that slightly other worldly regal yet sinister look characteristic of CHEs Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm, 300mm, ISO 320, 1/1000s - F8

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image. Nice eye contact. Displaying spectacular soaring pose of wings before take-off. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice eye contact and take off pose.this looks like a Short toed snake eagle to me. Do u have any other pics ???
TFS
Roopak

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

You are right Roopak, this is a short toed snake eagle...confirmed after a closer id check...will correct the heading. Yes have more shots, will post

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice take off pose. Liked the eye contact. There seems to be some noise. Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks. Yes Mrudul this is a 30% crop...have tried to take out the noise as much as possible...it was an overcast day after a night of heavy rain

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The pose is nice. A bit more brightness would be good. I think anything between 1/3 to 2/3rd of a stop should be good. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi