Turkey Vultures have become a regular feature of the West Kootenay skies in the last several years. They can be difficult to get a decent image of as they prefer the tops of tall conifers. The other day I lucked out and found 2 sitting on garden fence posts.
Your C & C's are much appreciated.
Cheers
Gail
Canon 40D with 100-400mm lens at 400, f/5.7, 1/1000 sec, EV metering with +1/3 compensation, ISO 800
I think it is a simple, effective portrait of a turkey vulture. Sharpness and exposure look good to me. It appears that the darker areas are showing some noise though...has something to do with the ISO used? Ideally, a natural perch and a vulture with the wings spread out to the sides would be nice. Understandably, sometimes you take whatever you're dealt. And I can see you've left enough at the bottom for virtual tail.
Hi Gail - agree with Desmonds crtitique - does seem to be some noise in the darker area's. Did yo open them up with S&H at all? Not sure if there is something funny with the lower tail area on the LHS.
Hi Gail,
a fine portrait of a fine lad indeed...I agree with the techs. mentioned...I like the fact that the head angle and sharp eye contact are dead on..the color rendition is good...all thats needed is a wee bit of noise reduction...good show...:cool:
Nice full body portrait !!! I find these birds difficult since just about perfect light is needed. You did very well with the exposure obtaining good shadow detail. Also LOVE you got your ISO high enough for a good shutter speed and making a sharp image.
Noise wise is not bad and can clean it up even better with Topaz. Normally I wish for a lower angle but this character does fit the high angle of view !!! Excellent !!!
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Your suggestions about cleaning the image more effectively are dead on. I probably could have mentioned that it was overcast with light drizzle happening.
Thanks for the suggestion about Topaz. I am in the market for some additional NR tools.
Thanks very much.
Gail
Turkey Vulture
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