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Kalahari Vultures

Vultures from Kalahari

Vultures from Kalahari
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

settings

Aperture f/11 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 330/1

upload_date

Mar, 2016

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Awards

People's Choice in Carrion Birds of the world Photo Challenge

Peer Award

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Top Choice

+59

Superb Composition

+51

Absolute Masterpiece

+44

Magnificent Capture

+42

All Star

+15

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Outstanding Creativity

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beautiful shoot!

Great shot on my way out of the Kalahari!\

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awesome capture...These birds make great subjects.

yes and they were posing nicely for the shots

A fabulous nature capture Brilliant.

Thanks you

Wow !! . You captured so much detail in both vultures !! I love it !

I shot them in RAW and process the photo from that.

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Fabulous shot. Love it.

Thank you.

PRO+

Great detail of feathers and wood. Perfect shot.

Thank you.

Great picture, but the birds to me are so ugly! LOL!

Thank you.

Great job!! Congrats!!

Thank you for your support

Awesome capture. Congrats!

Thank you.. i drove past them on the day i went home on the main road and i turned around to take their photos in the tree.

So clear and sharp, the detail in the feathers is amazing

Thank you 🙏 it was a special moment leaving the National Park

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Behind The Lens

Location

The Photo was taken on the boarder of South Africa and Botswana on my photographic visit to the Kalahari National Park. I have not seen the birds during the 2 weeks trip and the morning I left they were sitting on the main road. I drove 120km/h past them. I stopped a way from them to get my equipment out and drove back to were they were sitting. I shot them handheld from my car window not to frighten them away coz the other photographers might wanted to shoot them as well. It was a wonderful go away gift from the Kalahari to see them when i left.

Time

It was in the morning about 9am.

Lighting

The light was still early morning light but very bright coz its in the Kalahari and the sun rise at 4:30am in the summer in South Africa.

Equipment

I used a Canon 7D Mark2 with a 100 - 400mm Canon lens and I might have used the 1.4 converter because they where not close for the photos. The ISO was quite high at 1200 coz I don't have a fast lens and need to shoot birds that can do any movement at any time and it needs to fast....I shoot it in RAW and fixed all the noise in Photoshop when i done the editing!

Inspiration

The sight of the birds was the inspiration and it was my good buy gift from the Kalahari.

Editing

I Use Photoshop for post-processing.

In my camera bag

Canon and Sigma Equipment.

Feedback

Always take photos! The more you take photos the more you will learn and always look and learn from others. Thank you everyone for your support and voted for my photo.

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