A Dinner Ride

Gallery: AvianPosted December 15, 2016313 views6 comments

During last spring's Florida rivers outing with Mike Ramy, we happened to find this Black Vulture attempting to dine on a dead turtle floating in the water. Coming in slowly by boat, let us get nicely close before the Vulture hopped off and into the cattails on shore. (5D3, 70-200 f2.8 @ 200mm, 1/500s, f/8, iso 800, tripod, full frame)

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 15, 2016 at 6:32 PM

Excellent job on the exposure, Mark and a great pose. That's one big turtle-did you figure out the species? Interesting from a natural history perspective as well. I can just imagine what the scene would look like if the other vultures had discovered it and come in.

devil

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 15, 2016 at 9:56 PM

Very unusual! That's quite the find. Well done documenting this.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 16, 2016 at 9:46 AM

Nicely seen and taken! I like the detail in the vultures feathers. A bit more in the turtle would be nice if possible. Also like the water drops. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on December 16, 2016 at 10:06 AM

Nice detail, Mark. Unusual to see these two creatures together. Great job getting all the exposure ranges with plenty of detail in each.

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Comment posted by Steve Gettle on December 16, 2016 at 10:32 AM

Well done! Great situation.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 17, 2016 at 10:53 AM

Pretty cool shot. I bet that turtle was getting pretty ripe.....................Jim

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