Ruppel's Vulture

Gallery: AvianPosted August 5, 201367 views7 comments

Hopefully the ID is correct I am going by head colours.
This was amongst a large crowd of various species making the most of a naturally dead Elephant carcass in Kidepo National Park, Uganda

EOS 1SX
500mm F4 MkII
F8
ISO 400
1/1250

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on August 5, 2013 at 6:04 AM

Nice sharp shot Ken.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 5, 2013 at 8:24 AM

Love this vulture shot Ken. Great job on the detail showing all the texture in his face and nice comp.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 5, 2013 at 6:21 PM

Very nice, Ken. I love the eye and overall it's an amazingly beautiful bird for a vulture.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 5, 2013 at 7:22 PM

Excellent details and as vultures go, it's a rather handsome fellow I must say

Very nice

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 6, 2013 at 12:28 AM

Thanks everybody

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 8, 2013 at 7:09 AM

Nice detail and head turn Ken

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on August 8, 2013 at 11:42 PM

I like the posture,harmonic colors and nice detail. TFS.

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