Thirsty - Serpent Eagle

[Kiran Ghadge]

Canon 50d + Canon 100-400mm
1/800 F 5.6 at ISO 100
Cropped 50-60 %
Bandhavgarh

[AB Apana]

Great behavioral shot. There seems to be some loss of detail in the face. Is this a crop or did you have to open up the blacks?

Apana

[Murugan Anantharaman]

this is brilliant...lovely image...the eyes, droplets of water and the ripples give this image sheer brilliance...

[Mayank Kohli]

Kiran,
Nice action in some harsh lighting..

I wonder if going a little lower (if possible) would have helped.
Also i think you could have increased the ISO to 200 so as to
have a higher shutter speed.

Lastly since its a 50-60% crop I would love to see the original image
so that we can have a shot at recomposing it.

Thanks for sharing!

[Kiran Ghadge]

thanks guys.
Yes I tried opening up shadow areas... that why details loss and noise addition....
Mayank : shot this from hide, couldn't go for further low angle...would post than soon

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Kiran,
I know the hide and one can't get a lower angle from there. It is great that you got it from the side. I have only got these drinking shots from behind. :-(

The shutter speed and dof is ok. I only wish you were closer. I guess a 500mm lens + converter would have been good in this case. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Hi Kiran,

Lovely action captured, the water droplets depicts that perfectly. The pattern in water and reflection is also interesting.

Look forward to more..

[Rakesh Dhareshwar]

The droplets add to the image !! Awesome !