Egyptian Vulture in Flight

[Mital Patel]

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/2500sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Nov 1 2008, 9:34 am
Location : Thol bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA
my first full frame image.

was just surfing the archive and found that in last nov i got a nice image when i started taking photographs of birds.

C&C appreciated

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital...liked the pose, the sharp head and the typical vulture V. IMO, it will look better with a little more overexposure on the underside( you are good at photoshop...so you can give it a try)...and more space at top and less below.

KD

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like it overall, but find the flight feathers quite black. Perhaps too much to fully recover but there are currently very faint lines between each feather that may be lightened effectively. You could also crop a small portion at bottom. I like the vulture flying in one direction but looking towards another :-)

It's always fun to revisit the archives isn't it!!

[denise ippolito]

Mital, Nice pose and good under body details. I agree you might try to lighten the darks a bit. Beautiful full frame shot.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful image
Nice wing position and flying in pose , Lightening underwings will help here
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Great head on approach, and as mentioned by the others, a + EC would have worked.

[Betsie Storm]

Clean & sharp, good whites, darks already mentioned; still a nice record of this species.

[John Ippolito]

Lovely pose and detail, Mital. More detail in the blocked looking areas as mentioned. I like the direct head on pose.