In flight portrait.

[Dave Barnes]

Juvenile Bearded vulture captured at Giants Castle hide drakensburg.

Canon 30D
Canon 500 f4
ISO 400
SS 1/1000
App. F8

Very minor crop for composition.

[Phil Ertel]

Love the eyes. That look could bore holes right through you. I also like that you have enough depth of field to have good details from beak to the back of the head. The composition works for me. All in all I like this very much. Thanks for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

In your face at its best Dave. Incredible detail on the head, and so sharp. Great capture.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool incoming capture. I like crop and BG, too, and might make it a tad darker and sharpen the bird more.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments guys:) I guess I may have inadvertently been on the clone tool instead of the zoom tool at some stage? Anyway, well spotted Daniel:D

Sorry Dave, I meant to comment on my heron and ended up on your BV! Great posture, in your face photography at its best:-). Like the diagonal line of the composition very much! Would have liked slightly more detail in the darks, but I know how difficult the light can be at Giants Castle..

[Dave Leroy]

Very impressive photo Dave. Lighting works very well for me. Dave

[Danny Laredo]

Unreal!!!
This is fantastic!!

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent in your face capture, with great impact and detail. As far as the composition, I'd have placed the head more to our left since he seems to be going to our right. NOt sure if you have the room.

[Ramon M. Casares]

A species I's die to pohtograph! Great light, crop and detail. COngratulaitons!

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments.
Fabs the bit that I did crop was on the top and left, so the only way that I could the head more to the left would be to crop more. I tried to get the head as close as possible to the top 1/3 intersection.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I would love to have seen the head at the bottom left intersecting point looking up. It is however, still fabulous, pretty sharp and very imposing. Congrats! :)

[Gary Dumer]

Bloody Amazing Shot DB!!!! Impressive!!

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks Akos and Gary. Appreciated.

[Chris Kotze]

Amazing detail and sharpness