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Copyright: Christian Oskamp (crissie78)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Black & White |
| Date Taken: 2005-07-02 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Exposure: f/5.6, 1/450 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop |
| Date Submitted: 2006-01-19 6:00 |
| Viewed: 1570 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
black Vulture - Coragyps atratus - Zwarte gier
I took this picture in the naturereserve Bigi Pan in Surinam. This is an big area with alot mangrove forests and mudflats. Something about the Bird:
This vulture is a big black bird (length 60 cm) with a bald black head. You can find it along the coast on the mudflats, in the mangrove forests, near cows, but most easily is it spotted when it comes to waste storages. It also likes to eat the remains of coconuts which it finds in Coronie.
In rainy wetter they circle with large groups high in the air. They keep a watch on each other from a distance and when one finds a dead body (also with help of its smell) others will come in with high velocity. These vultures eat very greedy and afterwards they will rest together, often on a rooftop. To dry their wings, they will keep them spread out in the well-known position in the sunshine. Instead of walking they often hop and to start flying they need to 'run' first.
Because of their nasty smell and because they eat dead bodies, the vultures are not eaten by people in Suriname. With the bushnegroes it has a very special place: Opete is a name of a important God and the vulture that is his means of transportation, is also called Opete. The bird has many more names indicating its importance. (Source: Birds in Surinam)
Gr Chris |
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Great, it looks like on the moon. Good for u. Ori
I really like this photo. Great capture. I also like your choice of B/W. It seems a little heavy on mid tones. I think a lighter tone on the sky next to the darkest tone on the vulture would make the picture a little more dramatic. It's often an effective technique to put the darkest dark next to the lightest light. I just played with it a little. I cropped down to the very tip of the tree and discovered some really nice negative shapes. Negative and positive shapes seem to play a more obvious role in B/W...at least IMHO : ) see workshop Nice work.. Thanks Sorry. I'll have to post it tomorrow. For some reason it didn't post my workshop photo so I had to delete the workshop and can't do another till tomorrow. : /
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