Turkey Vulture Portrait.

[Daniel Cadieux]

From Indian Lake Estates back in April. This beautiful individual was perched on a pier railing. I was able to approach, on foot, to within this full-frame composition of it. I've never had the pleasure of photographing such a tame wild Turkey Vulture...but even then the last few feet needed to be done slowly as for every step forward I took it shuffled away a couple of inches. I was able to close the gap and then spend some quality time with it.

Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/7.1, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, full-frame. Minor bill clean-up via patch tool.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Perhaps if you hadn't taken a shower that day, it would have found you more interesting?

The textures and details are a real treat, lots of little areas to explore. Very sharp, well exposed.

I might take a tiny sliver off the top.

Cheers

Randy

[Jack Breakfast]

Nice TV! What detail! If I ever get that close to one in Ont. I'll take it as a sign that the world is ending...

[Sidharth Kodikal]

IQ is excellent, as usual. Your comp works perfectly for this pose with the subtle head turn. The light is gorgeous too.
This is the first time I've heard a TV being called beautiful :)
I think they're right about that eye of the beholder thing ...

[Sachin Saraf]

Daniel, this is excellent portrait of TV. Great IQ, light , exposure and sharpness...Love the BG and composition as well...TFS

[christopher galeski]

nice image,nice composition,good detail,well done.

[PhilCook]

Here's a lesson on how to make butt ugly look good...nice one Daniel, ticks the boxes

[Wynand van Wyk]

This is a super portrait! Detail and exposure on the Vulture is spot on and love the colours! A beautiful image.

[Rachel Hollander]

Daniel - nicely composed portrait. I like the head turn and the great details.

TFS,
Rachel

[HadiAnsari]

Great IQ,light , exposure and sharpness...Love the BG and composition

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, incredible feather detail shown, and you got yourself a cool pose. I do like the overall colours in this too.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Daniel! I like the details, sharpness, exposure and composition.

[Karl Egressy]

Great portrait shot of this handsome bird, Daniel. They are tame in Florida.
I heard from paople who deal with raptors, that this bird is the smartest among the raptors and owls they have in captivity.

[Arno Ellmer]

The closeness and detail of the feathers in the bird make this image.Well captured ,Daniel.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!! Excellent close up shot. I really like the background, excellent head angle, superb details, and great job on getting close.
Well done.