Charles Wesley
10-16-2010, 07:29 AM
Took this African Hooded Vulture photo in natural light on a cloudy day at the St Augustine Alligator Farm recently. Set my color balance to CWB setting. Feel it makes a big difference with a brown animal instead of AWB.
The African Hooded Vulture breeds in a stick nest in trees (often palms) in much of Africa south of the Sahara, laying one egg. Birds may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident. One of the smaller vultures of the old world with a length of 70cm, a wingspan of 210cm and an average weight of 2.12kg (4lb 11oz)
Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals and waste which it finds by soaring over savannah and around human habitation, including waste tips and abattoirs. It often moves in flocks, and is very abundant. In much of its range, there are always several visible soaring in the sky at almost any time during the day.
This vulture is typically unafraid of humans, and frequently gathers around habitation. It is sometimes referred to as the “garbage collector” by locals.
The Hooded Vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald pink head and a greyish “hood”. It has fairly uniform dark brown body plumage. It has broad wings for soaring and short tail feathers. It is a small species compared to most vultures.
Would you redo the catch light?
Enjoy...
Canon EOS- 7D
EF 500 mm. f/4.0 L + 1.4 TC
Bogen tripod with Wimberley mount
1/250 sec. @ f/4.5
ISO 1000
Canon D.P.P. 15% crop
PS/ CS 4
SS/ FocalBlade
The African Hooded Vulture breeds in a stick nest in trees (often palms) in much of Africa south of the Sahara, laying one egg. Birds may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident. One of the smaller vultures of the old world with a length of 70cm, a wingspan of 210cm and an average weight of 2.12kg (4lb 11oz)
Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals and waste which it finds by soaring over savannah and around human habitation, including waste tips and abattoirs. It often moves in flocks, and is very abundant. In much of its range, there are always several visible soaring in the sky at almost any time during the day.
This vulture is typically unafraid of humans, and frequently gathers around habitation. It is sometimes referred to as the “garbage collector” by locals.
The Hooded Vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald pink head and a greyish “hood”. It has fairly uniform dark brown body plumage. It has broad wings for soaring and short tail feathers. It is a small species compared to most vultures.
Would you redo the catch light?
Enjoy...
Canon EOS- 7D
EF 500 mm. f/4.0 L + 1.4 TC
Bogen tripod with Wimberley mount
1/250 sec. @ f/4.5
ISO 1000
Canon D.P.P. 15% crop
PS/ CS 4
SS/ FocalBlade