Griffon Touch Down

[Rudi van den Heever]

Sorry guys! Do not know why the image has disappeared in my first post!:e3

A cape griffon vulture coming in to land in Giants Castle, South Africa...


Canon 7D and 500mm F4 L lens at 1/5000s, F5.6 and ISO 500.

[Matthew Studebaker]

fantastic. perfect pose and light. amazing color combonation. What an image!

[Richard Flack]

Incredible image Rudi. Well done. Love it.

[Corey Hayes]

Killer Image

[Markus Jais]

Perfect shot. Can't be any better in my opinion!

Markus

[vishaljadhav]

The wing spread is fantastically captured, i love the IQ on the image great exposure
Superb light, nice BG

[John Rowell]

Great Image. I like the balance of the vulture and the rock landing area. Outspread wings makes terrific symmetry. Good control of highlight detail and overall IQ.

[Grace Scalzo]

Full of impact. A treat to view.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Terrific landing pose with excellent wing spread, light & IQ. TFS

[BenBotha]

One of the best photos I have seen in a long time. All the tech's perfect.

Ben

[shane shacaluga]

Superb shot, lovely light, awesome wingspread, lots of detail and sharp

TFS

[Jamie Medford]

Faultless image, love everything about it.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the wing position, outstretched feet and head, IQ, BG and composition. A real beauty!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent love everything here. I might consider cleaning up the droppings on the perch!

TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image with beautiful color scheme. Love the wing spread, colors,details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ivan Ellison]

Enough said, super image, great light and wing spread. You were there at the right time of day for sure.

[hennieloots]

Amazing image, Rudi. Perfect timing and beautiful details, background, comp and balance. TFS. Hennie.

[Tim King]

Incredible !!

[Rudi van den Heever]

Thanks for the great feedback guys!

Giants Castle is a magical place and you can read my blog post about it here: http://linruphotography.blogspot.com/2013/06/giants-castle-bearded-vultures-and.html

[Martin Dunn]

terrific capture Rudi.
sharpness, detail, colours are all top notch and the landing pose is super.

[Rudi van den Heever]

Thanks Martin!