Short-toed Snake Eagle preening, Bangalore

[AB Apana]

Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus preening, Bangalore.

EOS 40D, 500f4 + 1.4x II converter, ISO 100 on Aperture Priority @ f5.6

Thanks for looking, c & c welcome.

Apana

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Apana,
Lovely image. I like the sharpness and the X formed by the branches at the base. It seems mildly dark. I brightened the image slightly and opened the shadows...

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Great capture, compo, and as Bibhav mentioned, nice X branches. Good repost by Bibhav.

[Lakshminarayanan Nataraja]

Apana,

This image is very good and the colours are striking.

A question:

You have posted many raptors shot at Bangalore. Now that Bangalore has become a concrete mess, where do you find them ??

Secondly, any updates about their status ?

Best,

Lakshminarayanan

[AB Apana]

Lakshminarayanan,

The birds are more resilient than we expect them to be, but they can't hang on forever. This is why we must document locations and file them so development does not occur in these areas.

Apana

[Anup Ranadive]

Brilliant shot Apana...loved this image.
TFS.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. The eye is sharp and clear and so is the body feathers. The perch looks good. Is this also handheld? I hope there is rain this year so that we can have some good birding.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kiran Ghadge]

This is lovely image, nice moment....
was wondering how you metered it ? and what about EV?