The king portrait

The king vulture in Warsaw ZOO.
He was stretching so much and positioning himself on the upper branch that I immediately thought he was looking like a king.

[Diana]

Omw, I have never seen anything like this, is it real? He sure is highly decorated and quite unusual looking. A fabulous close up with wonderful details.

[Wylie]

that's a challenge to explain for evolution! terrific clarity of the King.

[Maggiemae]

It doesn't look real - but all those feathers!....!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh ! my !! such a wonderful close-up of this amazing looking bird with all its bumps & warts !! fav

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Sam Palmer]

Wow, he doesn't look real. Amazing portrait.

[Suzanne]

Very bizarre get up!!

[Wendy]

Oh... he looks like some sort of AI generated bird monster. Wow!

[Mags]

Awesome bird and capture!

[PhotoCrazy]

Oh my! Nice capture!

[Peter Dulis]

Nice one

[Brian]

Amazing!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, he is amazing looking.

[Merrelyn]

Great close up of this peculiar looking fellow.

[Krista Marson]

whoa! big bird

[Linda Godwin]

Wowser!! Awesome portrait!

[carol white]

Great capture. Fav 😊

[Jerzy]

Not sure I would consider it cute but great closeup shot of the king.

[Rob Z]

Lol - I couldn't help laughing at Wylie's @pusspup comment! Such an astonishing combination of features! And you've shown them in such marvellous detail! :)

[Kate]

So different than the vultures we see around here

[Judith Johnson]

What an incredible picture of this highly decorated bird

[Renee Salamon]

So unique- great capture

[gloria jones]

Wow...Excellent capture with incredible details

[Heather]

Yikes and wow! What an amazing close-up of this very odd looking bird! Fav

[Babs]

Good heavens, is he for real

[Kathy]

Fabulous, although it looks as if his crown slipped down over his beak.

[Call me Joe]

⭐️❤️

[Diane]

An amazing photo! Wonderful detail and DOF.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

that truly does not look like it could be a real animal - incredible!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I'm with so many others- he doesn't seem real! What a unique and strange looking bird of prey! Earns his name with that.

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

An incredible image, one I have never seen before....simply fascinating

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Issi Bannerman]

Well. I'm speechless. What a face!

[Humphrey Hippo]

That's quite a look - I think he carries it off. Nice shot!

[Kathy Burzynski]

Would be a very good shot or this month's theme "animals" if interested tag it " theme-july2024 " Here is the link to the original challenge post: https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/49484/july's-monthly-theme-animal(s)-vote-for-june's-6-top-finalists

[Steve Chappell]

Cool

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

What an interesting face.

[Vesna]

Amazing!

[*lynn]

wow

[Vesna]

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