Bearded Vulture

[Chris van Rooyen]

An image of a young Bearded Vulture that I captured earlier this year at Giants Castle. I was lucky to freeze the action at that shutter speed:)

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:05:07 10:07:49
Shutter speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm

[Alexander Koenders]

Just perfect. espacialy the red arround his eye.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Chris!

I like the "head shot" during a BIF! Maybe a little room on the bottom? I really enjoy this one!

[Michael Rosenbaum]

Great focus on the subject, the eye, with the diagonals created by the wings. Very nice.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the crop, details and BG but the eye puts it over the top for me. Thanks for sharing!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Just "Wow"... the first close up shot I see of these fantastic birds! Love it as is!

[carole wiley]

Very, very nice. I love the tight crop.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

What an awesome capture! So tight and well balanced for my taste. :) I do wish there was more detail on the underwing, but can imagine how fast the action was. And I am not sure if any flash unit could keep up with a fast frame rate.

The eye is the icing on the cake. :)

[Loukie Viljoen]

Chris you have shown the essence of the Bearded Vulture, especially the beard and the eyes. well done

[Ken Watkins]

Truly amazing the detail is incredible!

[Kobus Tollig]

"JA JA "--------YES YES Chris. mmmmmmm you make me Mad with stuff like this. Well done Sir

[Chris van Rooyen]

thanks for the comments everyone, appreciated:)

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent capture Chris.
You have razor sharp details and great colors. I like the crystal clear eye...:cool:

[Glenn Bartley]

Spectacular detail!

[John Chardine]

I'm very taken with the patterns on the wings made by the different coloured feathers. It almost looks like an oil painting. Love the eye sharpness and red ring.

[Marko Matesic]

eye look awesome....as well as the rest of the image....

[Petros Petrou]

I really like the colors and the details. This is the closest image I have seen of this very rare bird. Thanks for sharing.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks again for the comments everyone:)

[Paul Pagano]

Just beautiful! Nice crop and the eye is tack sharp. Nicely done.

[Grace Scalzo]

Really powerful..I felt a rush of excitement when I opened this thread. Just great work here!