Bearded Vulture

[Chris van Rooyen]

Another image from a recent trip to Giants Castle in the Drakensberg mountains.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:06:23 101:45
Shutter speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 500mm

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool capture, I like the cliff(?) in the BG and the head angle. Thanks for sharing!

[Fabs Forns]

What an interesting head position, I like the background and the light too!

[Doug Brown]

Nice eye contact, head angle, and environment Chris!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Cool capture with the tilted head angle and the BG adds a wonderful dimension to this image.

[Aristotle Georgiou]

Excellent wing position and great head angle.

[Arthur Morris]

The bird, the position of the bird relative to the cliff, the colors, and the sharpness are superb. The whitish blobs (are they snow???) on the mountain are a bit distracting.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments guys!. Artie I guess snow is such a rarity in South Africa, I simply could not resist leaving it in the image:o

[Alroy Willis]

Excellent shot Chris. Great light, comp and Sharpness. Well done

[Isak Pretorius]

Nice - like it as is. Agreed that including the snow in the image gives it something extra since it's quite rare down here.