Juvenile Bearded Vulture

[Stephen Earle]

50D, ISO 640, 1/640, F6.3, 400 f2.8. Another image from my recent trip to Giant's Castle.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I don't mind this crop. Love the tonalities overall and the intent look of your raptor. If it's not jpeg compression, I would run some NR through the BG. Well captured and congrats! :)

[Stephen Earle]

Thx Akos. Must be jpeg compression, I ran quite a strong filter on the bg only.

[Doug Brown]

I like the interesting head angle. Sharpness is excellent. I'm not crazy about the crop; I'm thinking pano with no clipping of the wings.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice BG, head angle, and light. I'm with Doug on this one, I don't really like this crop.

[Stu Bowie]

Amazingly sharp Stephen, and a good job on the eye. This angle shows the beard very well. Just love the colours you guys capture on the BG's at GC.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp, but having the head so far forward in the frame so I started cropping and kept cropping till I got here.... Love the beard! Also got rid of some of the light stuff in the BKGR.

[Dave Barnes]

Stephen I like the detail captured but must agree with Arthur on the comp. I may just have had a bit more space below and a touch less above because he is looking down.

[Stephen Earle]

Hi guys, thx for the comments. Artie's comp does look better.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Artie's comp is better but still a wonderful shot Stephen - love that eye!