A bird only a mother could love…
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D810, 80-400 @400mm, f/8, 1/320, ISO 3200
Dark day so had to do some ACR masking to get detail on the vulture
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Too funny, Chris. Great catch of this “ugly duckling”. 
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Chris, a fine look at this natural scavenger. They’re truly the cleanup hitters in the wild kingdom. Or as actor Gilbert Roland called them; “flying pallbearers”.
We have these circle our area often. I always thought these guys had keen vision to spot their meals on the ground. But apparently it is more of a keener smell ability, up to a half a mile, that lures them to their meals.
They do seem to lack in the good looks department, but those bald skulls are much easier to keep clean when eating carcasses.
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Excellent job, Chris. The detail in the vulture is superb and you did a fine job minimizing what could be an extremely distracting background.
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And I agree with Dennis with respect to the background. You’ve done a good job here with composition. Looks like this was a difficult exposure.
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Well done, given what you had to work with. Looks sharp. Just wonder if you can darken the background further
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I spent a long time lightening the BG as it was too dark and tended to swallow up the Vulture.