Last Cape Vulture

[Arno Ellmer]

My last Giant's Castle Cape Vulture for now , promise !

This is the frame prior to the one I posted yesterday.
The reason I have posted this one is to show the bg which is unaltered ( and without blurring ) and to address the comments from Phil , Doug and Morne .
I have purposely included the perching birds to achieve a better comp ( less square than previous post )
Comments on this or any other matters are welcomed .

Canon Mk IV
500mm
f/7.1
1/3200
ISO 800

[Randy Stout]

Arno:

I like the more rectangular crop, untouched BG, great landing stretch exposure and sharpness

IN perfect world, would wish the bird on the ground had glanced at the landing bird, and that you didn't have the cut off bird on left.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

This is one of the most amazing landing poses I have seen, and you have terrific light and an awesome BG. The cut off bird for me is problematic. I would probably be tempted to crop it out.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great pose and color palette. I would also crop out the half bird

[dankearl]

The best yet for me Arno, the BG looks very nice and the cut-off bird doesn't bother me since it
is not clipped but CUT.

[gail bisson]

The light and landing pose are awesome.
Another vote for getting rid of the cut off bird in LLC.
Well done.
Gail

[Matthew Studebaker]

Randy said it all as far as crit. Outstanding pose from the landing bird, great light, and love the colors and background.

[Rachel Hollander]

Agree with the above - great landing pose, bg and light. Wish the cut-off bird was either all there or not there at all.

TFS,
Rachel

[J van Noordwyk]

Hi Arno i also prefer this corp to the other one but both are stunning images well done Sir.

[Grace Scalzo]

Impressive work, Arno. I love the landing pose, sweet light, and nice background. The only problem that I have is the cut off bird.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Arno, impressive wingspan, and the vulture pops so well against the typical GC BG. Love the extended legs. Other vultures mentioned.

[arash_hazeghi]

who gets bored form seeing excellent shots like this!