Bearded Vultures fighting

[Kobus Tollig]

Taken at Giants Castle South Africa. They had a big fight. Young one tried to eat with adult there and adult just decided no....
Canon 40D
Canon 100-400mm
Iso 1000 f7.1 1/800
All comments welcome

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice action captured, with clean BG and good sharpness.

[Chris Kotze]

Super action captured. Ditto sharpness and a excellent BG

[Stu Bowie]

Kobus, great interaction, both in focus, and love their postures. Great timing to capture them apart.

[Richard Peters]

Lovely capture. For a second I wasn't sure of the land to the right was distracting but I then realised it helps provide the context of the story and without it I don't think the image would be as strong as it would just appear to be 'two birds in the air'.

[Stephen Earle]

Excellent capture Kobus. I would remove the piece of land simply because your bait is visible. I love the fact that both eyes are visible.

I'm going later in June and would like to hear from you about focal lengths. Was 400 enough or did you wish for more.

[Kobus Tollig]

Thx so much for all the comments. Stephen I did wish for more with the smaller birds like the crows etc....the crows does land closer though....500 is the perfect length Imo but 400 was great. Just a bit of a crop. But with the fight seen I clipped a lot of wings in some shots. Hope it answers you cheers

[Dave Barnes]

Moment well captured Kobus.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great interaction and sharpness Kobus! Ditto on removing the bait

[Kobus Tollig]

Thx so much for all the great comments

[Tell Dickinson]

Well captured Kobus, I also like the small bit of land on the left and the background as it gives context :)

[Kobus Tollig]

Thx tell appreciate your comment