He will not blink, he will not sleep and he will keep an eye on you always - two of the powerful tools of a raptor being pulling the eye here- the sharp eye and the sharper talons. Amazing power in this eye contact Arathi. Is this a full frame? If not I would also love to see a slightly looser composition

The camouflage, the intensity in the eye and the claws at the bottom make this image very intriguing for me. +1 with Sandeep Somasekharan about seeing a looser composition. The image, the description and Sandeep Somasekharan's comments give an amazing feel of the Raptors way of life. Thanks for Sharing.

The light on the eye makes this image for me. The eagle has a very concentrated look, I guess you could try a tight crop and make it a much more compelling portrait. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Sandeep, Hrishikesh and Vikram!
I am exploring portraits to see what works and how i can improve ... this latest set of images on cnp is a part of that experiment - thanks for chiming in with your thoughts - they all help. Interesting divide between going looser vs. tighter. This is almost full frame in height - the rest was all oof leaves/tree on the right, shot in landscape... tighter would have lost the talons and i wanted those

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The tight crop works very well for me Arati, it adds to the magnetic pull of the eye

I like!

Very powerful eyes indeed... and the spotlight. I also like the camouflage and the play of light here.

Arati, to make this, share and still retain it in your files you have to be CNP member

That said, I think images like this are much more meaningful than those millions of them with perfect bokeh and/plain colors at the back, head turn, "bird with feed" kind of text book images. I think a bit more space above the head would have added and definitely the claws add a lot, so would not crop them. Thanks for sharing.

Radha, Ravi - thanks

ganesh... hahaha. i had to ask clarification on that one, thanks for clarifying funnily, i had sworn to myself never to post a CSE image (or shoot any more unless it is unusual) - since there are so many of them in all possible fashions. I broke my own rule here and posted this. glad it went down ok!

a slightly looser crop here.

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