Hooded Vulture (perched)

[Morkel Erasmus]

Captured this Hooded Vulture in the Kruger Park recently.

All comments welcome...

Techs:
Nikon D300s with Nikkor 200-400mm f4 VR @ 400mm
f5.6 @ 1/1000 SS @ ISO-400
Exp +0.3

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Angle, eye contact and head angle look good. I only wish the sun would have been behind you. It might work as vertical crop, too.

[RichardCurtin]

Great perch and nice sharpness. Very nice image of a bird not too often photographed. I tried blurring the background some to see what it would look like. It may focus more attention on the vulture. If you like it, it might be worth spending some more time than I did on blurring.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mork, good feather detail captured, and overall, this vulture is nice and sharp. I like how he is framed by the perch. Comp wise, lots of space to look into, but taking a little off the right wont harm this.