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    Default Bearded Vulture [Gypaetus barbatus]

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    Breed in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, on the boundary of Giants Castle in the Drakensberg. Eat predominantly bones. which they swallow whole pieces up to the size of a ladies fist. Two to three bones and they fly off, only to return in 2 - 3 days. Bigger bones are dropped from great heights onto stones to shatter them.So one is extremely lucky to get them coming down to feed, and is a prize photo to get. The people after us were there for 2 days and never saw them.

    File size: 175KB
    Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
    Date/Time: 2008:06:24 10:37:01
    Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
    Aperture: 6.3
    Exposure mode: Av
    Exposure compensation: +1/3
    Flash: Off
    Metering mode: Multi-segment
    ISO: 640
    Focal length: 500mm
    Image size: 800 x 577


    Color profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    Stunning image with incredible timing and action. Love it !!!! thanks for sharing this Loukie. The detail is outstanding and the composition over the top for me.

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    Pose... Eye contact.. BG... Details all excellent to me.

    Very sweet image!

    Steve

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    Stunning is the word here !!!

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Excellent pose, details, setting and BG. I find the shadow of the beak on the bird's chest a bit distracting.

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    Love it Loukie! I'd like to see what it was going after, but it works very well as is!

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    hans stel
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    Wonderfull, what a bird, what a picture!

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    Roman Kurywczak
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    Hi Loukie,
    I can live with the shadows as the wing position/detail/ & BG are great!

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    Fabs Forns
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    Those wings are killer!!!

    Did you run some Shadow/Highlight to soften the shadow?

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    Fabs I ran nothing can hardly help myself in Photoshop, will try now that is is noticed, RegardsLoukei

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