Hope it's not hungry

[sandman]

Thought this might go into either formats , the guy was a trainee .

Brian

looks a bit dark now i'm viewing it?

[daryll]

Hi Sandman.
I can just imagine what the man is thinking (has the vulture been fed or not......).
I think that in B/W the more eeire/gothic side of the vulture comes accross.
I am sure the vulture is not evil....
The impact of this B/W shot is better then if it was in colour.
:righton:
Daryll

[sandman]

Thanks Daryll
was'nt sure if the conversion would work , he was flynchiing every time it landed on him , i nearly felt sorry for him . only nearly :lol:

Brian

[Mike_B]

I like the shot, Brian. If you check the Histogram, you'll see there's really nothing to the right. If you bring the slider over to where just a little detail starts, you can certainly increase the DR of the image. Of course you know this, but, certainly, we sometime forget to check everything. Or maybe you like it this way. Just thinking out loud.

Mike

[sandman]

Thanks Mike
Yes i did get the histogram levels right on the original , but after 'saving for web' i mucked about a bit and must have re-darkened it (is there such a word?). but you're right we do take so much for granted , we overlook the obvious .

Brian

[chaser of light]

Hi Brian,
It looks just fine on my screen, that is one sharp looking beak on that bird...one question though, why does the trainer have his eyes closed? :righton:

[sandman]

Trainee trainer . proberbly a bit unsure , so would i be with that bloody thing just a few millimeters away from my face. ugliest bird i've ever seen .

here's a shot with his beak open (if you want to look )

Brian

[chaser of light]

Though I hate to think of any of our fellow creatures as nasty ( hopelss romantic!) I will admit that he looks like an ugly customer!

[robinp]

Brian,

You're turning into a regular ornthologist!
- and trying to be Cartier-Bresson or Doisneau, you certainly clicked the shutter at the right moment and caught the poor trainer's petrified expression!

Cheers, Robin

[Linda G]

What a riot! And good images, too!

I tried this a few years ago but wanted to catch one in flight. It wasn't until AFTER the day someone gave me the hint that I should stand with the trainer, that's where it'll fly back to. I was trying to find where the mouse/rabbit was so I could get an image as it swoope down on the poor creature. I'm not that fast.

[sandman]

Robin i've always been a bit of an ornetrol.....hornytol....oriniyth...birdman. but with swans and ducks , just experimenting
Linda i'm on my laptop and not at home , but i got several shots (20-30) of this thing flying i'll post one tomorrow . if you have'nt died of boredom by then

Brian