Ethereally Ugly

Didereaux · Feb 15, 2016

limr · Feb 15, 2016

I really like this. I wish I could say more about why. Maybe because I have a soft spot for ugly birds?

Maybe because I love the surreal mood of the oof foreground? Or the kind of spookiness of the bird's pose? Dunno. Just like it.

LarryLomona · Feb 15, 2016

love the way it is looking right back at you...very cool shot

jcdeboever · Feb 15, 2016

That thing is massive. I think I seen one a few weeks ago in a tree in Ohio. I was driving and couldn't stop but it was freaky looking.

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Trever1t · Feb 15, 2016

at first I thought it a painting. How perfect the image reminds me of the Phoenix rising from the ash. Very cool shot!

John Hunt · Feb 16, 2016

Nice capture!

baturn · Feb 16, 2016

Very nice! And....I kinda like Turkey Vultures.

Braineack · Feb 16, 2016

one of those was in my neighborhood a few months back doing the same thing on a chimney:

Turkey Vulture Posing by The Braineack, on Flickr

Didereaux · Feb 16, 2016

limr said:
I really like this. I wish I could say more about why. Maybe because I have a soft spot for ugly birds? Maybe because I love the surreal mood of the oof foreground? Or the kind of spookiness of the bird's pose? Dunno. Just like it.

LarryLomona said:
love the way it is looking right back at you...very cool shot

jcdeboever said:
That thing is massive. I think I seen one a few weeks ago in a tree in Ohio. I was driving and couldn't stop but it was freaky looking.

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John Hunt said:
Nice capture!

baturn said:
Very nice! And....I kinda like Turkey Vultures.

Thanks all. I actually had to work a bit to get that cane grass in the foregound and not cover his head. he was patient though.

annamaria · Feb 16, 2016

I like this shot, it's different and cool.

pjaye · Feb 16, 2016

Best shot of a turkey vulture I've ever seen. I really like it.

Funny story, the bird banding place caught it's first one ever last summer. The poor person who took it out of the net, ended up wearing it's vomit ALL over her. And since they eat dead animals, it was really horrible. She was really unhappy.