Palm Nut Vulture

Gallery: AvianPosted June 10, 201368 views6 comments

This is a Juvenile hence it is not White.
So named because it was thought that it ate only nuts from Palm Trees, but like any self respecting vulture it eats anything and everything

Taken on the road to Lake Albert, Uganda

EOS 1D MkIV
500mm F4
ISO 800
F5.6
1/500
EV +0.33
hand-held from open vehicle

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 10, 2013 at 10:46 AM

Good catch

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Comment posted by John Clulow on June 10, 2013 at 11:29 AM

Wow; Hand-held from an open vehicle at 500mm and f/5.6 you did an amazing job of nailing the focus.

This has to be one of the most handsome vultures I've ever seen.

Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments

Comment posted by John Sherman on June 10, 2013 at 3:31 PM

Cool-looking bird. There seems to be a post-processing halo around the bird. If this is from darkening the sky I think it would be interesting to go the other way and try a high key version and let the sky go white and lose the halo.

Registered on March 10, 2013, 31 Posts, 142 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 10, 2013 at 4:44 PM

Cool bird! And nice detail in those browns. I agree with John that there is a distinct halo around the bird (clearer n the large version), easily repaired with new post-processing.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 10, 2013 at 6:35 PM

A very nice looking Vulture, Ken. Looks like there's a bit of a bright line around the bird-something I often run into when shooting against the sky-not sure what the phenomenon is. I know some people have found sneaky ways to easily get rid of it. I usually end up doing it the tedious way.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 11, 2013 at 2:44 AM

Thanks everybody, I am useless when it comes to halos, this is so obvious I really should have noticed it

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