A vulture perched on a dying branch. I was trying to incorporate life into a "lifeless" challenge topic. There might be other bird pictures, but hopefully this one stands out. The composition was the most difficult because I needed to highlight the branch foremost and bird second.
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This is an amazing pose for the bird (vulture?). I love that the head is down and the face is hidden. I wish there was a little more detail in the head and feathers. The image looks a little underexposed. Something about the colors seems a little off, maybe a little yellow or green? I can't quite tell, but overall the shot is wonderful. 10.
Second time around after voting and trying to leave my first round of comments, every time I step away and come back there is that one picture I missed the number on....your's was it this time. The better picture in this challenge -- 9 --
I think I'd crop out everything but just the limb and the feet. The lighting on them is great. I'd zoom in and just focus totally on that. Nice idea and imaginative.
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