Five Perfect Head Angles...

[Arthur Morris]

This image of five Black Vultures on a branch was created on the morning of June 13 with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D Mark IV from my vehicle with the lens supported by a BLUBB (https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=12). ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/250 sec. at f/16. Lens/Camera Body Micro-Adjustment: 0.

To see the original and to learn how I got the five perfect head angles, see "Five for Five; What Would You Have Done Differently (http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2011/06/14/five-for-five-what-would-you-have-done-differently/)?"

Don't be shy; all comments welcome.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Awesome shot, Artie. Well seen, exposed, executed and composed. I like that the one with the slightly open wings is right there at ROT line.

[gail bisson]

Very cool. I love pics of birds in 3's and 5's. They must love that perch judging by all the poop!!:bg3:As you said, great head angles.
Gail

[Ofer Levy]

Nice and sharp with strong composition. Not the most attractive perch but you did your part very well.

[Karl Egressy]

Great picture, Artie.
Based on your description, lot of work went into in PP to make it look like this good.
Composition wise I would have left out the one on the right.
Without the one on the right, the birds would have all been looking towards each other as if having a conversation.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love it as presented . All of them are tack sharp ...guess the f16 helped that . Getting more than 2 here in India would be a dream .

[Herb Houghton]

Hey Artie, I love the five head angles, each one looking back at you one way or another.

[Arno Ellmer]

I like the comp as is.Great work on getting the HA just perfect on all five! High Five :5

Would it improve the image if the perch and legs were darkened slightly more ?

[Arthur Morris]

Great picture, Artie.
Based on your description, lot of work went into in PP to make it look like this good.
Composition wise I would have left out the one on the right.
Without the one on the right, the birds would have all been looking towards each other as if having a conversation.

Five to ten minutes at most. I like the disinterested bird--it adds some tension to the scene.

[Arthur Morris]

I like the comp as is.Great work on getting the HA just perfect on all five! High Five :5 Would it improve the image if the perch and legs were darkened slightly more ?

Perhaps, especially the legs. As per the blog post, I had darkened the whole thing but painted out the whites on the birds....

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent comp, light, perfect HAs and sharpness. Masterfully done!
It appears that the fifth one isn't happy that the second guy is show-boating and has the attention of the other three :)
Lovely image!

[arash_hazeghi]

haha this is really cool, are they from the same family?

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Arash. Nope, no relation :). There were about 25 of them in this tree coming and going.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Excellent shot man! The light is great, the species is great, 5 is even better and 5 excellent HA's make this a winner!