Egyptian Vulture Looks back

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Egyptian Vulture Neopron percnopterus is also known as Pharaoh's Chicken.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm F2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII, ISO 400, f8, 1/400, full frame.

Look forward to your comments and critiques.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Juan Aragonés]

Sabyasachi I like the mood of the scene with the "bad-hair day" of the Neophron. The blurred raindrops in the BG are a nice element in the image and I like the head turn, soft light and the clean BG. I think that the image needs a bit of colour warm-up, mainly on the green BG and a different composition. The bird is very centered in the frame and there is a lot of room that adds nothing to the image. I think it is much better a close portrait of the bird and I suggest a vertical croping to improve the role of the bird in the composition. (I added a touch of life to the eye but with this small size is not very noticeable, and an slight horizon leveling) :-)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent crop by Don Juan! I was looking at the OP and thought vertical myself; much stronger. Wonderful eye contact and excellent to see the rain drops falling throughout the frame. :)

[Alfred Forns]

First thing I thought was cropping tighter ... with that compelling head I want to see closer !!! Love the re post !!!! ... wish you had one looking straight at you !!! Big Congrats !!!!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Although the vertical crop works very nice too, I did like the OP. I would only recomend a little more color tempretature. Great mood here. CongratulaitonS!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Dear All,
Thanks for your comments. Highly appreciated.

Juan,
Thanks for taking the time to repost. It looks good. I have a similar vertical composition. However, the rain drops haven't come well in the vertical I clicked. In this case, I was trying to get a diagonal composition with the body and the rain drops.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi