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Lappet Faced Vulture
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Lappet Faced Vulture

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: AvianPosted July 10, 201479 views5 comments
This was taken in Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda (otherwise known as Paradise)
The vulture was coming in to a carcass of a baby waterbuck.
EOS 1DX
200 400 mm F4 with 1.4 Ex at 560 mm
F6.3
ISO 400
1/2500

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 10, 2014 at 9:37 AM
Nice capture of this impressive bird. I say "impressive', because he certainly is not pretty. He reminds me of a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane on final approach.
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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on July 10, 2014 at 2:21 PM
I really like these vultures …. Nice capture Ken
Registered on January 24, 2012, 163 Posts, 369 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 10, 2014 at 3:06 PM
"... reminds me of a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane on final approach."
A perfect description! Excellent shot, Ken! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 10, 2014 at 6:38 PM
Excellent job no the exposure, Ken I'm not sure about the crop. I think I'd be tempted to put the bird in the upper third of the frame instead of the lower.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 11, 2014 at 2:42 AM
Thanks everybody for your comments which are much appreciated. I cannot disagree about the "ugly" comments, but nowhere near as bad as a Maribu Stork :biggrin:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments