Bearded Vulture

[Chris van Rooyen]

I was fortunate to spend two days at the hide in Giant's Castle this week. As usual, the majestic Bearded Vultures made an appearance..

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:06:24 10:37:32
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 10
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 1000mm

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, pose, eye contact and BG. You could have used the magic wand tool to select the BG to avoid the noise around the edges of the bird.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great flight pose and excellent detail. This is a new species for me and I am fascinated by his little beard. Wonderful timing Chris and many thanks for sharing this with us.

[Michael Castellano]

A strong image Chris, you managed to catch a near perfect lighting angle that minimized the shadowing you often get on flying birds.

[Lance Peters]

Awesome bird - haven't seen one before - well done.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely, Chris. makes me quite homesick for the 'Berg. Love the light under the wings and their eyes are quite fascinating with the red and white

[c.w. moynihan]

Really cool looking raptor. I like the beard ;)

[Jorge Escobedo]

Nice bird, only eats bones and is very difficult to see one of these.

[Alexander Koenders]

perfect Chris. well done.

[Ken Watkins]

As always stunning, I see no noise.