Martial Eagle Portrait is a photograph by Joe Lategan which was uploaded on August 29th, 2011.
Title
Martial Eagle Portrait
Artist
Joe Lategan
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print & Canvas Print
Description
Martial eagle portrait.
This martial eagle was ringed by my friend Dawie De
Villiers in the Kalahari Gemsbok park in South Africa.
Within the same week I drove along the tourist road and
it was sitting in a large pool of rain water in the
middle of the road. They normally don't allow a vehicle
to come close. I took a record shot from about 40 meters
and decided to take a chance and drove right up close. I
took full body images and drove to 10 meters from him. It
allowed me to take a few images. I decided to drive
towards it to cross the pool it was sitting in. It did
not move and I slowly drove past it, two meters from my
window. When I passed it the vehicles behind me thought
this is their chance and also moved closer. It flew off
and did not allow them to come even 30 meters from it.
The dark pool of water behind its head created an
interesting background and his eyes stared right through
me. I could never get so close to a martial eagle again
in the wild.
Uploaded
August 29th, 2011