Portrait of a King Vulture in Costa Rica

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Here´s a handsome bird!
not everybody love to see how they behave when they are feeding but that is something to discuss in a different forum.
I just want to celebrate the beauty of this bird and their facial patters.

For this one

Mark IV
600f/4+1.4TC
f/6.3
ISO500
SS 1/400
Tripod
Natural light
FF

Thanks for looking.

[Raybel Robles]

This amazing! Sharp image and beautiful colors. I would like to see another version with a bit less from the bottom maybe just above the black on the wing, even maybe in a horizontal crop (if possible) just to have the focus more on the face of the bird, just an idea, this works great as it is. Beautiful image!


PS. Im planning a trip to Costa Rica sometime next year, hopefully I get to see one.:)

[John Robinson]

Great portrait Juan! And I like the graduated back drop which gets away from the plain ones we see a lot of. I would eventry a tighter head crop.
Just my two penneth ! What do I know?
Cheers
John

[keith mitchell]

Juan what amazes me about these birds when you think where this bird had it's head when feeding if you know what I am getting at ,I know they bathe a lot but to get back to this quality is something else, it's a great portrait ,very well done.

Cheers Keith.

[Iain Barker]

Brilliant Juan. The subject is great and you have captured it well. I also think a tighter crop of just the head and neck would work but like this crop also.
TFS
Iain

[Enrique Patino]

what an awesome portrait

[Kamal Hari Menon]

Wow.. what a fantastic image.. i keep coming back to see it again and again and again... :)

Thanks for sharing this beauty

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous portrait of beautiful and colorful vulture.

Regards,
Satish.

[Dvir Barkay]

very nice, agree about a tighter crop also working, but still, love the colors.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the details, sharpness, exposure and BG. I have only seen one flying along the pacific coast in the distance. Excellent image Juan.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A beauty for sure! I love the crop as is, and the colours on the face pop nicely against the green BG.

[Randy Stout]

Juan Carlos:

Amazing colors, nicely exposed. I am with Daniel, like the current crop. I think the darker lower area balances the head against the mass of the whites.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

A really impressive image, I like the composition and those beautiful colours.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Many thanks everyone, so glad you guys like this image.
Regarding a thigher crop, I have plenty images that I made with a 2X TC so I will be posting more eventually.