# Turkey Vulture **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [February 23, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186 "2021-02-23T22:19:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/1 "2021-02-23T22:19:37Z")
![Turkey Vulture](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/4/7/47d744786c89c42794c95998567378589c80a6fa.jpeg) This is from the archives (from 2014), discovered on a deleting binge. I decided it was worth a rework with new software, but it didn’t make much of a difference as it had been exposed to the right and there was basically no noise, and it was sharp. I’m pretty sure it was handheld, as I remember slowly sneaking up on it behind the cover of a big wood pile, but I may have been resting the camera on some of the wood. ### Specific Feedback Requested All comments welcome! ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Canon 5D3, 600mm (300mm f/2.8 IS + 2X), ISO 1600, f/6.7, 1/500 sec. Full frame. Very little done in LR. Denoise in PS but barely make a noticeable difference at 100%. The post was overexposed and I selected it and darkened it with a curve. The BG was distant winter trees and a few brighter branches were barely visible OOF so I softened them with partial opacity cloning. Added a darker vignette – that was about it. ###### ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/2 "2021-02-23T22:23:47Z")
For some reason, in seeing the pose and background made me think of a studio portrait. The detail in the vulture is excellent throughout the bird. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/3 "2021-02-23T22:57:11Z")
Hi Diane I agree with Allen. The vulture has a very regal look. ( I am the King of all I fly over). Peter ---
**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/4 "2021-02-23T23:02:18Z")
> [@Diane\_Miller](#): > > …mm f/2.8 IS + 2X), ISO 1600, f/6.7, 1/500 sec. Full frame. Very little done in LR. Denoise in PS but barely make a noticeable difference at 100%. The post was overexposed and I selected it and darkened it with a curve. The BG was distant winter trees and a few brighter branches were barely visible OOF so I softened them with partial opacity cloning. Added a darker vignette – that was about it. Oh, Diane! This is so beautiful! It looks like the Vulture is actually posing for you! When I first saw the photo before reading your story I thought it was maybe taken at a bird sanctuary. But to actually get this in the wild is wonderful! Such great details and color. I love it! Awesome capture! ---
**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/5 "2021-02-23T23:09:59Z")
Outstanding! No nits! ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/6 "2021-02-24T00:46:02Z")
A beautiful portrait of this vulture, Diane. No nits from me on it. ---
**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/7 "2021-02-24T00:57:23Z")
Thanks guys! I was afraid it looked too much like a studio portrait myself. The light was wonderfully cloudy-bright and the BG was dumb luck. By this time he was getting suspicious of me, as I carefully crept closer, hiding behind a tree and then a wood pile. But I doubt I was hiding very well. Not long after I got this shot, he flew. But I did get several more shots with various poses and without the ruffled feathers. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Kearl](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dan_kearl/32/6715_2.png) [@Dan\_Kearl](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dan_Kearl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/8 "2021-02-24T01:40:10Z")
Very nice frame… soft light is perfect for them ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/9 "2021-02-24T03:55:05Z")
Hi Diane, Beautiful portrait. The light is wonderful and the detail is superb. ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Stanton](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/stephen_stanton/32/575_2.png) [@Stephen\_Stanton](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Stephen_Stanton)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/10 "2021-02-24T05:28:28Z")
Yes, this is especially good, put it on a bird stamp, it’s a solid winner . Great light on the prehistoric beast. Nice job on the BR Read a report some time ago they were doing a study on the Turkey V’s facial oils for use as an anti bacterial. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Leroy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@David\_Leroy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Leroy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/turkey-vulture/20186/11 "2021-02-24T15:15:08Z")
It certainly does look like a studio shot. Really well done. DoF provides lots of nice feather detail thru out the photo. I like how the nice brown mottled bg matches up with the brown mottled look of the feathers.