Bearded Vulture (Juv)

[Chris van Rooyen]

I spent two days at the Giant's Castle vulture hide and came back with about 2200 images of Cape Vultures, Bearded Vultures, Verreauxs Eagles and Jackal Buzzards. I again realised how lucky we are in SA to have so many premium bird photography sites:eek: This is an image of juvenile Bearded Vulture landing at the rock where I put out bones for them. We were treated with up to four of these spectacular vultures doing close fly pasts simultaneously. I also realised again what a fantastic camera lens combination the 1D MK III and 500/4 is, most of my flight images were pin sharp. I find that the MK III prefers +1/3 in bright sunlight conditions; the lack of noise on ISO 640 was amazing.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:05:08 09:46:51
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 500mm

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great color,eye contact and wing position!!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the composition with the wonderful action you captured herel The wing spread is great as well as excellent detail a very lovely and pleasing BG. Fine work Chris !!!

[Mike Tracy]

I really like the complimentary colors with the rocks, bird and background. I would prefer to see both of those riveting eyes but still think this is a very well done image.

[Robert Amoruso]

Good detail, eye contact, BG, wing-spread and you have the landing perch well placed in the image. Nice work.

[Doug Brown]

Love the composition and sharpness as usual Chris! The color palette is terrific too. And the bird's spread wings with claws out completes an awesome photo.

[Haim Ziv]

Absolutely beautiful.

[Blake Shadle]

Great composition with the inclusion of the rock in the lower left corner. Wing position is outstanding. All the tech stuff looks great. Very nice work, Chris.

[Glenn Bartley]

Great pose and setting for this image. Very well done!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Chris,
The hard work definitely paid off on this one. Very nicely done!

[Alexander Koenders]

I can't wait for the moment i get my change to make some of these picturse in South Afrika in August. Man what a great job did you do with this one.

[Geurt Bloem]

Oh well done here Chris, I like the subject, the comp and general quality if light here. It seems as if you guys had a huge amount of success at Giants Castle.
With reference to the 1D MIII, I do not know if you have upgraded your firmware as yet. I did it sometime during the week and tested it today and my 1 D MIII is really smoking now!!