Cape Vulture

[Dudley Watson]

Taken at Giant's Castle in South Africa. Image processed in CS5
Nikon D3
500mm F4 lens
S/S 1/2500
F7.1
ISO 720
EC-1/3
Manual
Apologies for initial post

[Satish Ranadive]

Extremely beautiful composition and BG.Great action capture.Love the pose and wingspan.

[Alan Murphy]

Wow, this is fantastic. Love the detail.

[Doug Brown]

Other than the fact that the bird is angled slightly away from you, a very strong image! I like the extended wings and the rocky perch.

[Wynand van Wyk]

Superb landing pose captured! Love the background and great detail.

Very well done from me as well!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Terrific wing spread and that one foot in air. The image gives a nice feel of the height and the rocky environment.

NR on BG will help.

[Stu Bowie]

Very well timed for the landing Dudley, and yes, the detail in the extended wing looks great. A little more space on the right wont harm this, together with KD' suggestion of some NR on the BG. Not the usual landing spot we are accustomed too from GC.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great landing pose and like the exp. I would just suggest looking at your last couple of images is giving a bit more space around the subjects. Very nice Dudley

[Dudley Watson]

Thanks for the valuable input. I have run NR on B/G , altered the crop to give more space on right and a little highlight reduction.

[Stu Bowie]

Well done - looks great. Now why didnt you do that the first time.

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, this is great. The rock looks much better on the original. The original has a more natural feel to it
in terms of light and colours. I love the original that's all I can say.

[Dudley Watson]

Thanks Karl for that important observation. I have corrected.

[Arno Ellmer]

A classic, Dudley ! All has been said ,and this later image is much improved.
As mention the HA is a pity.Angled more squarely would have put the image over the top.