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Turkey Vulture
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Turkey Vulture

by Steve Thompson

Gallery: AvianPosted September 23, 2015218 views12 comments

I found 3 of these vultures perched in a tree. I liked the pose this one presented.

Thanks for looking, comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Large image provided for detail.

Canon 70D
Canon 400mm 5.6
1/3200
f/7.1 
Aperture Priority
ISO 800
HH
Processed with Lightroom 5.7, CS5

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on September 23, 2015 at 8:09 PM

I like the pose to Steve.  Really nice detial and color in the feathers and head of this TV.  Wish the ones I saw last week had been out in the open like this one.  Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 23, 2015 at 9:40 PM

Excellent composition, Steve, with the pose and perch working very well together.  Exposure looks good as well.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on September 24, 2015 at 8:10 PM

Nice color and comp.  Good job on the detail.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on September 24, 2015 at 9:20 PM

Great image, Steve.

Sharp image, nice composition.

Registered on December 18, 2012, 162 Posts, 975 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on September 25, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Hey Steve,
Pretty Picture of an Ugly Bird . . .
You have it all in this one, perch, pose, detail, color and framing,
Well done . . .  devil

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Comment posted by May Haga on September 25, 2015 at 11:32 AM

Excellent work Steve.  Good detail in the feathers and head, great pose and no distractions in the background to take the focus off the bird.

May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments
Comment posted by Graham Brown on September 25, 2015 at 3:14 PM

I can see where it gets his name from. Excellent pose and composition and nicely processed. I can just see a faint halo around the bird if you feel like correcting it. Good clean image though. Graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 26, 2015 at 4:01 PM

Excellent pose and composition here Steve, you did so well he's almost attractive. laughdevil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 28, 2015 at 11:14 AM

Great pose, captured perfectly, not the world's most beautiful thoughsad

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 28, 2015 at 6:59 PM

Great image, Steve. I really like the clean look at the vulture. You found a great background to show the subject. Techs look perfect. devil
 

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 29, 2015 at 10:41 PM

Nice head turn and good exposure on this one Steve. Good work!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 8, 2015 at 7:25 PM

I'm with Kurt, love the look back pose & framing Steve. Tack sharp & excellent DOFdevil

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments