Can A Bird Be Ugly?

[Joseph Przybyla]

Yesterday Dottie and I went to Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida. As we slowly drove along the road a Turkey Vulture flew from the roadside to a nearby fencepost. The image was captured from inside the car through an open window. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 175mm (262mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 2/3 EV ISO 720
Post processed in Lightroom 5

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking back pose, excellent feather details.

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Joseph, nice looking back pose, sharp and good details. I see a Green cast thruout the image. Also did you push saturation? Loi

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hello Karl and Loi, thank you for viewing and commenting.

Loi, I did minimal post processing, the colors are not saturated in post. The green color cast you are seeing could be from a reflection from the green grass of the pasture behind and around the fencepost. I sometimes struggle to see color casts.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice look-back pose for sure, and I love the individual feathers on the back and wings. If you had time I would have gone for some verticals here. I do see a cast, you can try adding a bit of reds to the colour balance, it may look better.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Daniel, thank you for viewing and commenting. I will try your suggestion of adding a little red. I just happen to have a vertical worked up.

[Loi Nguyen]

Hello Karl and Loi, thank you for viewing and commenting.

Loi, I did minimal post processing, the colors are not saturated in post. The green color cast you are seeing could be from a reflection from the green grass of the pasture behind and around the fencepost. I sometimes struggle to see color casts.

Hi Joseph, it is hard to see the color cast unless you have a calibrated monitor. How did you do the WB? But even when you do the WB well, sometimes the color cast happened due to the quality of the light, reflection, and who knows what else.

Loi