Adult Bearded Vulture

[Chris Kotze]

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x
ISO 1000
SS 1/1600
f5.6
Manual Exposure
One more Vulture from my recent trip to Giant Castle.

[Mital Patel]

I am speechless for this image. Total Winner here Chris.
Thanks for this post.

[Steve Canuel]

Nicely timed for this capture to get the head turn and wing positions

[Joe Senzatimore]

Just Stunning!!!!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Chris, I like the flight angle, and wing position, and the BV is nice and sharp. These GC BG's are becoming as famous as the Mankwe BG's.

[Arno Ellmer]

Yes, Chris this is superb in all respects.What a privilege a visit to Giant's Castle is !

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Chris, this GC place looks like quite a place....these majestic birds at eye level in such great light against stunning BG. And you've used the situation perfectly. great details and wing position.

would love to see this bird some day.

[Gary Hamilton]

Absolutely stunning! Not much else to say.

[Grace Scalzo]

Jumps off my screen, Chris. Superb sharpness, colors, wing position. This looks like a powerful bird.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful image here, and lovely warm tones throughout. Lookslike it was glancing at you! Maybe just a tad strong on the contrast, especially some of the darks.

[yogesh_puranik]

totall killer and winner fantastic freeze excellent sharpness light bg..

[Sandesh R.Dhareshwar]

Brilliant freeze amazing clarity and sharpness also the bird looking towards the lens makes it just perfect

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent shot in all aspects. TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and great warm light! you nailed it

[Kasra.Ha]

It is truly a unique picture of in terms.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

ABSOLUT KILLER !

[Tom Rambaut]

Great colours and pose - agree with Daniel about taking the contrast down a tad. Real eye contact here. Must be a great location, coming home with images like this.

[Chris Kotze]

Beautiful image here, and lovely warm tones throughout. Lookslike it was glancing at you! Maybe just a tad strong on the contrast, especially some of the darks.

Thanks for the advice Daniel I will reduce the contras on my original copy.

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments and advice it's much appreciated

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!!! Superb shot. Great flight pose and terrific head angle.
Well done.

[Nico Steenberg]

You rubbing salt in my wounds Chris. This is a super IMG

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Chris! I like the eye contact, wing position, details and BG.