Bearded Vulture

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: AvianPosted September 30, 201550 views5 comments

Unfortunately cold and light (warmth) meant that our sightings of these birds were very limited.

This was about the best I could manage, taken in the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia.

Also known as a Lammergeier

EOS 2DX

200-400 mm F4 at 280mm

ISO 800

1/5000 EV +0.33

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 30, 2015 at 6:32 PM

Nice job on the exposure against that bg, Ken. Cool wing position and a nice view of hte eye. I agree that the light could have been more in your favor, but it gives you an excuse to try again.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 1, 2015 at 1:41 PM

Nice wing spread on this one Ken, It's unfortunate about the light but you did the best possibly could. I agree with Dennis - Try again, you'll get it.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 2, 2015 at 5:07 PM

The large image needs to be seen to really get the feel of this image. I think you did a good job, all things considered. I hope you get another chance under better conditions.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 2, 2015 at 11:23 PM

I like the wing position in this Ken and love the species (which I have never seen before). I am faced with overcast skies quite a bit myself and it always seems when it's shooting a birds with dark feathers (like Bald Eagles). I saw you were at +1/3 Ex comp. I always seem to have to adjust anywhere from +1 to even + 1 2/3. I think it may have helped a bit more as the bird seems underexposed a bit still.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 4, 2015 at 2:22 AM

Thanks everybody devil

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