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Peter Seidel
08-14-2012, 01:29 PM
Shot near Moss Landing, CA (between Santa Cruz and Monterey) - shot on the beach. Lots of fog. Nikon D300s and Nikon 70-200mm VR II. There were actually three vultures when I arrived. This one stayed around for awhile and let me get a little closer. Processed in LR. In PP I added some contrast to compensate for the heavy fog.

f/6.3, 1/160 sec., ISO 200, no flash, exp bias +1, handheld. Cropped. Shot at 200mm (300mm equiv).

Comments welcome.

Pete

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Satish Ranadive
08-14-2012, 07:25 PM
Excellent image of Vulture.Very nice composition with nice feel of fog.Nice perch and BG too.
I love the bird and details.Wish HA would have been towards you ,though nice eye contact.

Regards,
Satish.
Marina Scarr
08-15-2012, 11:03 AM
Nice job with exposure and nice feather details. He appears to be peering over his "kingdom." I like the feel but wish for a little better angle for more eye contact.
Peter Seidel
08-15-2012, 03:22 PM
Thank you Satish. This is cropped a bit so I have room if I need to re-work it. Considering how much it's cropped I was pleased with the detail. I have to agree on the HA - I did get a couple of shots with a better angle, but unfortunately the quality of those wasn't very good. For overall detail I think this was the best of the group.

Pete


Excellent image of Vulture.Very nice composition with nice feel of fog.Nice perch and BG too.
I love the bird and details.Wish HA would have been towards you ,though nice eye contact.

Regards,
Satish.
Peter Seidel
08-15-2012, 03:29 PM
Thank you Marina. I agree re the head angle, as I mentioned to Satish, a bit better angle would have improved this one a couple steps. One of those times when I was happy with what I got considering the poor planning (went to the beach with just my shorter lens). Didn't make things better after seeing virtually no activity the remaining days I was there. Live and learn. I haven't scanned through the entire collection - if I find a quality capture with a better face angle I'll be sure to post.

Pete


Nice job with exposure and nice feather details. He appears to be peering over his "kingdom." I like the feel but wish for a little better angle for more eye contact.
Doug Brown
08-15-2012, 05:29 PM
Feather detail and DOF are excellent. Nice job compensating for the fog in post. I agree with the others about the head angle.