Turkey Vulture fly-by

[Daniel Cadieux]

I was happy to have my first images of Turkey Vultures in flight (as opposed to on a carcass or fence post). A couple of them made some nice fly-bys after circling the area. Taken from an outing on the Hooptie Deux last week. Out of sight below the frame there are about 10 spoonbills, countless ibises, a couple of curlews, a dozen oystercatchers, and a couple of Reddish egrets. Quite a sight!!

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1000s., f/7.1, ISO 500, handheld, just about full-frame (cropped for composition).

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, wing position and details. I'm wondering what it would look like if the blue spot between the wings were foliage, too.

[DanWalters]

Very nice flight shot. I like the light and the detail in the wings.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Daniel this is one fine vulture image !!!! Excellent wing position, good bg and great feather detail !!! Big Congrats !!!!

[Bob Blanchard]

Hi Daniel,

Nice meeting you last week! I like this image a lot. Besides the other good points mentioned, I think you also got excellent head angle and eye contact here. Something that is too often neglected in BIF images.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

You have managed to make a vulture look good! Agree with the above comments re: head angle, lighting and composition. Once again, its the photographer, not the equipment, that makes the image.

Cheers

Randy

[John Blumenkamp]

Great looking image... really like the wing position, and the light on this guy is awesome.

[Bonnie Block]

This is pretty darn nice, Daniel! Great pose and exposure. Shows this bird off at its most beautiful!

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb job here Daniel and what a great eye contact! Composition works fine for me and I only whish for a less light in the upper part of the BG. Well done!

[Doug Brown]

You managed to photograph an 'ugly' bird looking pretty good! Hand held too! Agree with Axel about the light spot between the wings.