Cape Vulture

[Stephen Earle]

I left some space here as I like the subtle bg colours. 50D, 400 f2.8, f4, 1/3200, ISO 400.

[Jim Buescher]

WOW! what a nice image. The bird's HA and wing positions are perfect, you positioned him against the dark portion of the BG which sets him off nicely.. the gorgeous light helped also. All the techs (sharpness, EX, DOF, etc.) are good. The one wingtip might be a little too close to the left edge though.

[Harshad Barve]

amazing HA, nice and sharp wings , Killer BG
TFS

[Connie Mier]

Wow, that's a hefty bird. A great shot for you.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

really a very....very beautiful bg,nice pose too!

[David Fletcher]

Stephen. This is just toooooooo good. Very, very well done. No other comment nec'.

[Elmar Venter]

I like the sharpness, composition, eye contact and the classic Giants Castle background. Special picture coming from a special place.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, sharpness, angle and BG. It really shows what a massive body this bird has. I might put the bird a tad lower in the frame.

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent BIF super detail and exposure. Well captured

[Stu Bowie]

I like the outerwing following part of the BG, great eye contact, detail, and the colours really puts this over the top. Well captured Stephen.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Fantastic sharpness, background, light and pose. No nits. Congrats. JR

[Morkel Erasmus]

so very well done on this. exposure, comp, HA, pose all brilliant Stephen!

[Stephen Earle]

Thx for the comments guys.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Superb pose, light, BG, exposure, detail, sgarpness, colors and comp. I only would've loved a little less head turn. Congratulations!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Mate,
This IS perfect! Really is. Love that stare. Excellent BG in contrast to the bird. WOW! :)

[Dave Barnes]

Yip, you have done well here Stephen. Good comp, details, colour and pose.

[Kobus Tollig]

Super light and comp. WEll exposed and good detail well done

[Rob Drummond]

Stunning background, light and eye contact.

cheers
Rob

[Ian Mason]

Magnificent! - the bird and the photograph. I like everything, especially the colour of the bacground, which compiments that of the bird.

[Stephen Earle]

Thanks again everyone for your inspiring comments.

[Isak Pretorius]

I just love the colours here Stephen! Great composition to accentuate it, well done!