Well the weather finally beat me this weekend, so I am spending some time today looking at images taken over the Easter weekend. The shot above is of a Hooded Vulture in a sweeping turn, captured from the new tiered seating at HCT.
Now these birds get really low.....I had one clip my lens hood on the 500mm and I had to duck to miss a couple of others, as they were flying in windy conditions and got caught by unexpected gusts.
Love the banking pose and what a complementing bg !!!! Might try selecting the red around the beak and saturating a bit more? Might give a little more room top bottom but do like the horizontal crop Excellent image !!!
John
I like the composition with this one and really enjoy the pose. I think I'd saturate the red a bit more as well. I find the BG pretty interesting but I might be tempted to blur just a tad more.....don't know if that would work or make it look artificial. I loved the part about how close they get.......I think I'd have trouble photographing......I'd be too intent on watching and feeling the breeze of the passing bird.
Hooded Vulture
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