Crested serpent eagle | Satpura

[Bhargava Srivari]

Made this image on a very hot afternoon at Satpura, while awaiting the arrival of a leopard near a water hole. Unfortunately, with a few vehicles at the scene and the animals not accustomed to this, the leopard when arrived, decicded to sprint back into the woods.

canon EOS 7D, canon 300 f/2.8 L IS II USM, Satpura tiger reserve.
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 400, EV +0.7, 10% crop, evaluative metering.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image Bhargava.Good details and eye contact.smooth BG.

TFS
Roopak

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice details and background. I like the glint in the eye as well. Neatly done. Thanks for sharing.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely portrait of the CS eagle. The BG looks neat. The eye contact and perch is well documented. Hope you got shots of the leopard as well.Thanks for sharing.

[Anand Madabhushi]

Very good image. Wishfully thinking, a catch lite would have been a bonus.


I sight birds I have not seen before in Sanjeevaiah Park and also sight them repeatedly on the same tree. Hawk Cuckoo has not called while I am there.

[Anand Madabhushi]

Was there any tiger sighting? How are the facilities for safaris/guides/stay?

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. Some more details would have been great. Why only f2.8?