Turkey Creek, Turkey Vulture

[James Shadle]

Turkey Vulture
Nikon D300 Nikon 70-300 VR @ 125mm
1/320 SS @ F8
Manual Exposure with TTL BL Auto Flash @ 0
AF-C 51 Point 3D
Turkey Creek, Florida
Yesterday form the Hooptie Deux

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice looking bird with great pose/wing position and bg!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Superb wingspread, and very well exposed for looking up to the sky. Great image James.

[Fabs Forns]

Very difficult bird to photograph, that head never want to come sharp for some unknown reason.
Looking good and the clouds are a big plus.

[Randy Stout]

James:

Very nice job on a bird I have trouble making look good. The fill flash is the secret here I think. Nice balance of detail in the blacks, with attractive transillumination of the lighter wing feathers.

Fabs comment about the head makes me wonder, if there is a real tendency to blow the red channel because of the dark body, which results in lack of detail in the head and apparent unsharpness? I will have to look at some of my vulture images with that in mind.

Randy