Bearded Vulture

[Dave Barnes]

Another one from the archives.
All comments welcome

Camera Model Name Canon EOS 30D
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/2000
Av (Aperture Value) 8.0
ISO Speed 800

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow... cool shot.. eye level and contact makes this.. loved the details too.. would suggest some room around and some sharpening on the face... congrats

[Art Peslak]

Nice exposure and details. I also like the background colors in the shot as they complement the bird nicely.

[Harshad Barve]

Nice pose , great details , awesome BG ,
I may add sharpness
TFS

[Loukie Viljoen]

Another very good one Dave, congrats.

[Phil Ertel]

Nice background. Exposure looks good to as I see details in the light and dark areas. Good head angle. My only wish would have been that the far wing would have been raised a bit more so that there was some separation between the wing and head. Although I do think it is darn nice as presented. Thanks for sharing.

[Brian Barcelos]

Very very lovely, you pulled some exquisite detail from this bird. Wonderful eye contact and I love the BG. I would also like more room all around the bird and some more sharpening of his head. Congrats

Brian

[David Fletcher]

Wonderful shot Dave. Took the liberty to work on this a bit. Just love what you are showing and thought to give it some TLC. (Luminosity sharpened, polished, some selective sharpening on head, and some burning on head and wings. Canvas added... bit subjective, but hope you like).

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

All great! Love the framing and the wing pose. I would only sharpen a little more, Dave's repost is good! :)

[Loukie Viljoen]

Nice re post David

[Ramon M. Casares]

Repost works better IMO and even a little more USM would be nice I think. Nice pose, sepcies, BG and detail.
Congratulations!

[Ryan Lambert]

Super image here Dave, good pose captured here. the repost also works...

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments.
Dave yes I think it does look better, thanks for the trouble taken.