# Vulture Perching

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/vulture-perching/37484>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [October 15, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/vulture-perching/37484 "2023-10-15T18:07:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/vulture-perching/37484/1 "2023-10-15T18:07:36Z")

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![VULTURE.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/7/17659be48bc947aa91bd44e654592439a8eb7195.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

I grabbed this turkey vulture from my car window while out hunting for a shot. I cloned out a strand of barbed wire.

### Technical Details

D500, Nikon 200-500 lens, hand held, 1/2000th, f 8.0, 420mm, ISO 720, cropped to 2201 x 2574

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**Author:** ![Kurt\_Bowman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kurt_bowman/32/497_2.png) [@Kurt\_Bowman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kurt_Bowman)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/vulture-perching/37484/2 "2023-10-15T19:09:00Z")

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You managed to get a great head turn from the vulture! nice light and exposure on him as well, I don’t see any artifacts from the cloning job so good job in processing also. Nice work!

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**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:** [October 15, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/vulture-perching/37484/3 "2023-10-15T19:43:07Z")

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Lovely head turn and eye contact from this bird, Dave. I like the post as a perch-very fitting. I do see some kind of artifact under the belly and just in front of the legs (see image below). Easily fixed.

 ![Dave_VULTURE copy](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/0/9/0963ebcc39a3d21643ece850e5b32de162828ca9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![rebecca\_saltonstall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/rebecca_saltonstall/32/59869_2.png) [@rebecca\_saltonstall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/rebecca_saltonstall)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/vulture-perching/37484/4 "2023-10-16T02:34:18Z")

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That eye came out beautifully. Had the bird just turned it’ head?

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/vulture-perching/37484/5 "2023-10-16T03:12:18Z")

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Yeah, I probably got its attention by stopping, rolling down the window, and sticking a big telephoto out the window. It didn’t stick around very long.