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    We seem to have had more Immature Bearded Vultures around than adults. Still a magnificent bird with a lovely scaled feather pattern.

    50D/EF500f4 1/800@f4 iso800 EC+.67 FF in the horisontal added canvas top and bottom as well as tips to the lower three primaries that were clipped.

    C&C allways welcome.

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    Cool-looking bird with a great pose and excellent sharpness. You did a nice job with PS. I like the eye contact and the BG with the stripes running through it.
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    The dorsal view and it looking back at you are fantastic. And so is the background. It looks a tad oversharpened though to me. And I can see a halo, especially around the outer wing feathers. JR

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    Well done Pieter. Good ps work as well as the capture. well exposed and nice bg.
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    Beautiful image of an imposing bird! BG is sweet. Definitely a halo around both wings, more pronounced around the top wing. Great editing job on the wingtips - imperceptible.

    Never seen one of these birds - they actually do have a beard, don't they!

    John

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    Hi Pieter, your best of this series IMHO. Cool banking angle, with a good dorsal view. Overall, good sharpness throughout. Separated from the BG nicely, together with the lovely colours from a GC BG.

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    Thanks everyone for your kind comments appreciate the feedback.

    Stuart appreciate your comments just wish I had'nt clipped those primaries but as Artie mentioned in another thread, when something exciting comes along one tends to get excited.

    John and Joerg I can see a faint halo now that you have pointed it out and have wondered at the cause. I have magnified the image and it appears that the mask I used for BG noise reduction was not tight enough and has left that strip . Will work on it tonight to see if I can eliminate it. If any one has other ideas about halos I would love to hear them.

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