Egyptian Vulture

[Sabyasachi Patra]

An adult Egyptian Vulture from India.

This is the full frame version. Am going to upload a slight crop as well. Let me know your opinion.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm F2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII ie at 800mm, ISO 800, f8, 1/2000.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Cropped version.

All comments and Critiques welcome.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kiran Poonacha]

I like the repost SP, nice HA and details.. congrats..

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the head angle, sharpness, soft light and BG. I like the composition of the repost better, too.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sabya, I like the pose, detail, and the colour on the head. Have you tried to lighten the eye? Your repost is the better of the two.

[Doug Brown]

Super detail, and I like the complimentary color of the BG. I would personally put the bird higher in the frame, and I do agree about lightening the iris a bit.

[Gal Shon]

A very nice portrait, I like the soft light, colors, sharpness and HA.
I prefer the balance of the Repost, but I think that I would place him a bit more to the right.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice image with lots of detail. I would go for vertical.

Szimi

[Ramon M. Casares]

Repost works better, lovely portrait of a bird I love, great detail, nice comp and as said, to me great, species! Congratulations!

[Nate Chappell]

I prefer the repost, very cool to see a portrait of this species!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Your repost looks great. I suggest a crop from top.

[Harshad Barve]

I may take off some space from top ,
Excellnet image with great details , Nice HA ,
TFS

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Dear All,

Thanks for the comments. I normally prefer to get the things right in the field. However, in this case, I felt the crop was needed. Your suggestions are highly appreciated.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi