Vulture Double

[Craig Kerr]

Location: Giants Castle - South Africa
Managed to follow these two bearded vultures, the mature is in front with the juvenile following
Canon 1D Mk IV - Canon 500mm F4.0 Lens - F7.1 - SS 1/2000 - ISO 500 - Image taken from a hide using a Wimberley head, secured to stable platform

[Maya Raut]

Hi Craig,

This is simply superb capture... beautiful light and details.

- Maya

[Doug Brown]

A real stunner of an image Craig. Great poses and sharpness on both birds. I like the cocked head of the leading bird.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Craig, good DOF on both, sharp, and I like that both are captured with full wingspreads. Of course, great separation from the BG.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Stunning image, Craig. Love the poses, sharpness and the bg. Great work!

[gail bisson]

The BG is the usual stunning GC! Love the poses of both.Tack sharp as well. Love how the head of the lead bird is cocked thus showing us the beard.
I find the image a bit oversharpened but no one else has mentioned it so perhaps it is me.
gail

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent dorsal view and great to get both sharp and with a good HA! sharpness looks good to me

[Marina Scarr]

What a killer image with great details, pose, colors. Love the cocked head on the front bird,

[Kristofer Rowe]

Fantastic image!

[christopher galeski]

Great image,sharp,nice light,nice flight pose,I too like the front birds cocked head.well done.

[Craig Kerr]

Thanks for your comments folks - Much appreciated :S3:

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely image! However, IQ is not great - looks oversharpnened to me.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful flight shot with very nice BG.Love the tack sharp both juvenile and parent.I like the beard.

[Randy Stout]

Craig:

Wonderful to get them both in the frame and within DOF. Great BG, light.

I am in the oversharpened camp on this one. I might try a version with the sharpening backed down a bit.

Fine capture.

Cheers

Randy

[Arno Ellmer]

Stunning capture, Craig. I like the way both have almost identical wing spreads.Not often one gets two in a frame.Very well done !

[Craig Kerr]

Thanks for your comments Ofer, Satish, Randy and Arno

[Giuseppe Varano]

Great image. Very nice pose with amazing eye contact. Stuning background ... it conveys the vastness of their environment.