Nubian Vulture

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Found these guys to be among the more beautiful vultures we have . He was perched on a stick just next to a pride of 14 lions . One lioness was getting irritated with him and did chase him off . Lucky , I could take a few shots before that .

Camera : 1D Mk III
Lens : 600mm f4 IS
Aperture : f8
Shutters : 1/1000
Spped : ISO 200

Cheers ,
Rakesh

[Luis Villablanca]

I like the composition, lighting and the matching colors of the bird and the background.
The highlights around the legs look a bit hot on my screen though.

[Alan Murphy]

Very nice. A tighter crop would be better IMO.

[Jeff Parker]

Sweet light. I wish the head were turned a bit more this way. I'll second Alan's suggestion of a tighter crop.

[Stu Bowie]

Rakesh, good feather detail, and overall nice and sharp. I really like that BG. Maybe a little off the right. :w3

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Rakesh I like the detail captured and the lovely light as well as the BG. I would consider toning down the legs.

[Mital Patel]

beautiful capture. magic light here works well. i would crop a bit from top blank space say 100/150px. stamp the spot on Middle right