Carrion Eaters

Khaos

The King Vulture.




Andean Condor

bochie

Ahhhhh, my eyes !
So sharp & so ugly
At least the King Vulture looks cute, he looks like a chicken in a clown suit
Great shots though !

bfjr

Ok that's it. I'm off to the Zoo as soon as time allows :lol4
Like I said on your other thread, doing some really fine work
all very ugly in a good way, if there is such a thing
#1 for me K

mereimage

Great shots. He's scary, with that face I'd prefer bird butt
But as 'Uncle Buck' would say give him a quarter and have a rat 'knaw' that off his face. ////////// I'll bet they look great in flight. I didn't know they were that colorful- as in 1st shot. I need to get to the zoo...............Mere

Gator

These are great!! Too bad one isn't eating some road kill or whatever. Would have made a perfect shot for the "Challenge", you know, something like "Eaters of the Dead". Ooops, that was the title of the book. The movie was the "13th Warrior". My bad, disregard... Still a great series of shots! Well done on capturing the outer ugly of these really cool creatures!

Skippy

What Cool Faces

Khaos wrote:

The King Vulture.

Andean Condor

Ohhhhh wow they have the greatest faces..........only a mother could love
Are they in a bird park? or just out in the open ?

I think they have great faces thanks for sharing.... Skippy (Australia)

Khaos

bochie wrote:

Ahhhhh, my eyes !
So sharp & so ugly
At least the King Vulture looks cute, he looks like a chicken in a clown suit
Great shots though !

Thanks. It'a amazing how so many birds are so pretty, and then you get these guys.

Khaos

bfjr wrote:

Ok that's it. I'm off to the Zoo as soon as time allows :lol4
Like I said on your other thread, doing some really fine work
all very ugly in a good way, if there is such a thing
#1 for me K

Thanks Ben. Ugly in a way that it makes you wonder what nature was thinking.:D

ehughes

Those are great, pretty birds are fine but these have character...

Ed

MuskyDude

Wow. Super detailed shots K, very nice. The last shot it almost looks like a t-rex...



AJ

Phil U.

hmmmm... why is it that all the scavenger birds tend to be ugly? perhaps the question should be why are the ugly birds scavengers? maybe they have to scavenge because the dead food is all they can get close enough to without scaring it off.

that first one is kind of freaky in that it has beautiful colors but is butt-ugly anyway... poor thing.

all are well executed photos.

Khaos

Skippy wrote:

Ohhhhh wow they have the greatest faces..........only a mother could love
Are they in a bird park? or just out in the open ?

I think they have great faces thanks for sharing.... Skippy (Australia)

Thanks skippy. I'm not sure even a mother can love those faces.

The King Vulture was outdoors but behind glass at the National Aviary. The Condor was outdoors with no barriers at the Akron Zoo.

Khaos

MuskyDude wrote:

Wow. Super detailed shots K, very nice. The last shot it almost looks like a t-rex...



AJ

Thanks AJ. I was happy to get that straight on shot for the unique look of it. I could of used a smaller AV for better DOF and a sharper pic, but he turned and faced me and I got the shot off fast. Which was good because he went back to profile only mode.

bfjr

Khaos wrote:

Thanks. It'a amazing how so many birds are so pretty, and then you get these guys.

How's that saying go, "A Face only a Mother could Love!"