California Condor

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted March 16, 201565 views5 comments

March 15, 2015 This fellow was photographed at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park He just got done washing himself. That is a 7 foot furled wingspan.

Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-120 120mm ISO100 1/500 f/4 RAW White Balance Auto

Processed in Lightroom, PhotoshopCC and NIK

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5 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 16, 2015 at 10:07 PM

The feather detail is great! No real nits worth mentioning.

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Comment posted by Swathiraj G on March 17, 2015 at 4:28 AM

Nice after bath drama of the bird. Exposure is well managed during the post precessing. Thank you.

Registered on April 26, 2014, 71 Posts, 153 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Falley on March 17, 2015 at 12:45 PM

Patrick:

If you get to south rim Grand Canyon there are a lot of condors around and about which will land quite close to you. The only downside is many have numbers! Have to have a program to identify the players!

Cheers. Tom

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 18, 2015 at 5:58 PM

Wow, no sense of scale to tell he/she is that big! Quite the noble bird!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 19, 2015 at 10:29 PM

Now, that's a big bird, and a fine look at him. You might consider burning in the back ground just a bit. You did a good job handling the light.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments