Cape Vulture

[Stu Bowie]

Apologies for not being around for a while, but I have not had an internet connection for a while, and work has also got in the way. :w3 This is a Cape Vulture coming in to feed on a carcass. These birds descend from the surrounding mountains, and we capture them from within a hide that has a one way glass face, so we can see them circling high in the sky. There is only room for 4 photographers to shoot through the 4 small sliding glass windows, although there is plenty room in the hide for others to view these birds as they descend and feed. I am off there this coming sunday for another shoot, and hoping to capture lots of action.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 400

Manual exposure.

[Arthur Morris]

Great pose. The tones on the bird look quite warm. And the dead centered BKGR tree was bad luck.

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[Michael Thompson]

wow, I thought it had a large head with a long bill, with something on the end. a closer look revealed the bill was actually its neck, that is quite a double take haha