The Red Indian Chief

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thats what he reminded me of when I focus on him. Its a adult egyptian Vulture, I tried hard on the eye, but they have real dark eyes and even with light directly in their eye its difficult to get detail, I have tried to lighten to top part of the eye to get some depth.

spec: 1/4000, F.5.6, ISO 400, -1/3

canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

[Jim Crosswell]

Great detailed close-up Kiran!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The soft light, sharpness and BG make this one for me and I would try to lighten the iris some.

[Harshad Barve]

another terrific image ,
TFS

[denise ippolito]

Kiran, Very beautiful feather details and sharpness. The BG adds to this.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Pin sharp with great detail colours & light.:)

[Mike Tracy]

Aptly titled. Other then the very minor issues with the eye it's pretty dang good.

I might tone down ever so slightly the feather thats above " It's a adult ".

You consistently post excellent images and I look forward to them.

[Dan Busby]

A real beauty Kiran. A good study of an Egyptian Vulture's head as well as how good that 500 and the 1.4 can be in the right hands!

[Randy Stout]

Kiran:

Nice techs, BG and composition. I like the rect. crop because of the head shape.

Somehow a "dead" looking eye seems appropriate for this species.

Randy

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Agree with the name u have given him. Brilliant exposure here . Nice details .

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely portrait Bhai:) We used to have them here in SA but they disappeared in the 1920's as a breeding species, only occasional sightings these days. Lovely head angle, light and sharpness.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran....liked everything about it. the feather details and the texture of face have come out very well. Well done.

[Alfred Forns]

Love the pose, demeanor and detail ... having he pupil would have been nice but does not detract IMO, Sweet image of a cool bird !!!

[caroline huet]

Well, nice photo. This portait is powerfull...