Crested Serpent Eagle

[Rajbir Oberoi]

Predator's eyes, focused at the prey; leaving no room for it to fly

Canon 5D Mark III + Canon 100-400
ISO 2000, F/6.3, 1/800s
Handheld, Background Separately processed to reduce noise


Apr 2015
Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttrakhand

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice .like the compo, including more of the termite mound in a vertical will also look good. was it feeding oon termites??

TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose. Good eye contact. Why you had to reduce the noise in the background? Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

[Rajbir Oberoi]

yes it is cropped but minor, i had to reduce the noise coz this image was underexposed and had to open it in PP, while doing that the noise was very much visible

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree that a wider composition to include the anthills would have been better. Did you focus manually?

Why did it get underexposed? The black feathers have lost details due to underexposure. Were you using spot metering?

How much of a crop is this and from which side?

[Rajbir Oberoi]

hello dada, comments noted, i was shooting on auto focus and using EV Metering... it got underexposed coz i was shooting on AV mode and clicked some shots before it flew away and checked later all were underexposed, please guide me where i am going wrong, first i did nt check after clicking the pic and second one? .. i shud have shot on manual mode?... Cropped image is 5500*3400..