Vulture with Full flaps down

[Craig Kerr]

Overcast conditions helped with the shadows but colours are a little flat but this bird made up for it with a wonderful display
Canon 1D Mk 4 - Canon 500mm F4 - ss 1/1600 - F6.3 - Iso 800

[Kiran Poonacha]

It's a classic frame Graig. looks like a painting... Great pose :cheers:

[Sid Garige]

Brilliant landing pose Craig. Awesome details and fantastic colors.

[Sachin Saraf]

Fabulous! This is excellent Craig...Really enjoyed it...TFS

[gail bisson]

I really like the wing spread but the best part for me is the colorful BG. Good placement of bird in frame and I love the worn and tattered feathered and the ruffled feathers,
Gail

[Morkel Erasmus]

Top class imagery, Craig. Love the wingspread and you exposed it very well.
You can always boost the colour with a little nudge in saturation :w3

[Marina Scarr]

Craig, this image is simply outstanding. I love the pastel feeling to the BG, the pose and the comp. This one rocks!

[Andrew Merwin]

I like everything about this image. Superlative capture.

[Terry Olmsted]

Simply marvelous, Craig! The pose, the detail, the background - couldn't be better in my opinion.

Terry

[Rhys Marsh]

Beautiful, great crop and fantastic intensity. To me the tip of the right wing looks just a touch soft in contrast with the sharp definition of the left wing, but I feel extremely nitpicky even mentioning something like that on such an amazing capture.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You can always boost the colour with a little nudge in saturation :w3

My thoughts exactly when I read your comment about "flat" colours. I would also love more room top and right. Excellent pose, and just enough landing platform showing. Impressive image!

[v.p.nurdeen]

Superb landing pose and nice water color like BG. TFS
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[Amol Khedgikar]

Wow!
Love the look in the eyes.

[Craig Kerr]

Thank you all so much for your comments - much appreciated
Had a five day break at Giants Castle and all the days were overcast and misty. Did not look like I was going to get any shots.
On the last day I took a gamble and went up to the hide, had only 1 hour of brite overcast conditions, after this the conditions went from bad to worse.
The gamble paid off though :-)
Moral of the story - It's a good feeling when a gamble plays out :S3:

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose, details and a nice dynamic wing position for landing.

[Melissa Groo]

What a fantastic capture, Craig. Doesn't get any better than this. Love the way you've composed it. Perfect exposure and sharpness. Can't stop looking at this, it's so good!

[Craig Kerr]

Arash and Melissa thanks for your comments - you made my day :S3:

[Dumay de Boulle]

A winner mate.... Congrats!

[Arno Ellmer]

Impressive capture of an imposing bird,Craig.
Love the comp against a great bg. A classic from GC.
Agree to up the saturation slightly.