Vultures in Flight - Everglades National Park

[soflatechie]

Comments welcome. These were taken at Flamingo campsite in the Everglades. These guys let me get pretty close. I have to tell you up close they are pretty vicious looking. I had to think about whether to get any closer.


Vultures in Flamingo 2 by SoFlaTechie, on Flickr


Vultures in Flamingo 3 by SoFlaTechie, on Flickr


Vultures in Flamingo 6 by SoFlaTechie, on Flickr

 

[Snakeguy101]

Lay off the dodge tool! That last image has another bad halo. The first two are nice. Maybe it is just my monitor but the sky does seem a bit over saturated.

 

[soflatechie]

Thanks for the feedback. Sorry not sure what you mean by dodge tool. I am using elements so maybe it is called something different there. Yeah there is a halo on the last image. I will work on that.

 

[Judobreaker]

Well you didn't use the dodge tool, but the effect is somewhat similar...
You brightened up the bird (which I can kind of understand seeing as it really is a dark bird), however because you used a soft brush you created those soft halos.

 

[WesternGuy]

Not bad - I like the BIFs, but the only thing I would watch is the cropping of the wings in the first two. They would be much better, in my opinion, if the ends weren't cut off.

WesternGuy

 

[soflatechie]

Can't do anything about the cropped wings. Couldn't catch the whole bird as he was flying above me

best I could do.

 

[WesternGuy]

Can't do anything about the cropped wings. Couldn't catch the whole bird as he was flying above me

best I could do.

I know, you often have to take what you can get in these situations - maybe next time. :mrgreen: This is one of the reasons I like my telephoto zoom for BIFs.

WesternGuy

 

[soflatechie]

WesternGuy:

Took that with my 200 mm.

Anyway, here is a second try at one of the photos to try and take care of the halo. Also laid off the saturation. Comments welcomed...


Vulture spreading wings by SoFlaTechie, on Flickr