Black vulture Topwing

[shane shacaluga]

I took this image on the riverside town of Nauta in the Peruvian jungle. These birds were always hanging close to the area where the fishermen were gutting their catches and the villagers were also chucking their garbage

Nikon D800e
300f4 + 1.7x TC
f6.7
1/1600
ISO 800

Cropped for composition and the usual levels and slight selective sharpening on the subject to not expose any unwanted noise

Thanks for your comments

[William Dickson]

I love the POV Shane, and the position of the wing. The head looks sharp, maybe a wee bit more on the wing to try and extract a bit more detail. Great capture. Well done

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the wing down pose, good exposure, too bad he had already passed you. I am not sure what Bill is looking at but the head looks a bit blurry to me (motion blur?)

TFS

[shane shacaluga]

​Thanks for your comments

Arash, the head is slightly blurred looking at the raw file but not sure if it is due to movement or due to it being slightly OOF

Tried fixing it using both Smart Sharpen option and also using larger radius on the USM but this was the best i could achieve

Regrds

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb exposure on blacks with great details. Love the wing position and composition.
Rest has been mentioned above.

Regards,
Satish.