Too full to fly!+repost

Gallery: AvianPosted April 4, 20183,042 views11 comments

These 3 white backed vultures seem to be too full to fly, as they sort of waddled away out of view. Taken from a hide at the Zimanga Wildlife Reserve, SA.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon EF-100-400mm L @ 188mm
1/800 @ F-8 ISO 800 tripod

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 4, 2018 at 7:32 PM

Great lineup and extremely good detail in all three birds, John. I like the composition, the eye contact and the background in this image. Well done.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on April 4, 2018 at 10:25 PM

Excellent detail. The faces look tack sharp to me. They stand out well against the nice out of focus background. Great job.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 4, 2018 at 11:43 PM

Terrific image!
Tack-sharp vultures, all in great poses.
I'd suggest cloning out the BG stork, though - it's distracting. Otherwise, the BG is a nice contrast and well-blurred
Sounds like you had a great trip and got some excellent images!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 5, 2018 at 10:31 AM

Excellent detail in the Vultures John. I would also look at removing the Stork. It does pull your eye over to it. If you do that and adjust the comp to center the three this will be really sweet!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on April 5, 2018 at 2:08 PM

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Here is the re-post.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 5, 2018 at 9:39 PM

Good stuff, John. Like Sandy, I think it works much better without the stork. Your repost by cropping rather than cloning works better to balance them into the center of the frame.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 6, 2018 at 12:45 PM

Very, very nice John! devil

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 6, 2018 at 9:12 PM

Love the pose of the three in this one John. I do find myself wishing for a touch more room on the right and less on the left (loosing the oof bird in the BG). If you don't have hte extra room on the right, I would probably clone out the stork. But nice techs as well on this!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 9, 2018 at 10:05 PM

I think the repost is great here John, such beautiful light, makes these birds look good. devil

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 16, 2018 at 8:33 PM

Re-post is excellent - but a bit tight.
Still, well worthy of the EP - congrats!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 20, 2018 at 3:31 PM

Wonderful to get the three facing you John, and the light is gorgeous. The repost is a way better composition. Congrats in the EP!

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