Bearded Vulture

[Dudley Watson]

This image was taken from the hide at Giant's Castle South Africa. The image was taken from a clamped video head. The image was processed in CS6. The settings are as follows Nikon D3S !/1250 sec Iso 4000 F7.1 e/c +1/3. hope I can post at last

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent landing pose & wing position. Love the cloudy sky in the BG. Wish the bird angled toward the frame.

[Randy Stout]

Dudley:

An unconventional shooting angle, but it does afford a great view of the wings, talons, tail, and even the 'beard'

A bit tight for my tastes, and from the proportions, you must have some more canvas.

Some noise creeping into the background, but considering the ISO, modest.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Nice landing pose. I wish it was turning towards you.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Dynamic pose here, and oddly enough for me I like the angled away landing pose in this case. Love the swooping wings. As with Randy, I'm finding the comp rather tight and some NR to the BG would work well.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dudley, good view of the feather detail, and certainly not the normal incoming pose posted from giants. Glad you left a bit of perch, and agree on both more space and some NR.

Looks like you got sorted out. :w3

[gary ellwein]

Although a bit unconventional, I like the pose. Detail is great. Agree with the others relative to noise and tight crop.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent landing pose. I like the dorsal and under wing pattern,fanned tail and beard.

Regards,
Satish.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Dudley this is a very cool shot with great detail. I just wish the bird was coming toward us.

[Dudley Watson]

Thank you all for your input. I did have some more space on LHS which you can see from the adjusted crop.