Definitely Not an Eagle! by taffy

Definitely Not an Eagle!

We saw some huge birds on the beach and were sure they were eagles. I ran for the camera which already had the right lens, crept down to the beach, was able to get the shot...but sadly it was a turkey vulture instead. That was late afternoon. A few hours later, the sky turned pink, so rather than pick one of the two to post, I combined them.
That is a great closeup of that turkey vulture, wow!
September 10th, 2021  
those birds look so sinister, don't they! nice composite. aces!
September 10th, 2021  
Hunting for dead critters to eat and clean up. Nice capture!
September 10th, 2021  
Spectacular in-flight capture
September 10th, 2021  
Great shot, even if it was not an eagle. Nice processing!
September 10th, 2021  
Nice sky replacement. One thought…the sky looks as if light is coming from behind him but the head looks as if it is coming from viewer’s right and front
September 10th, 2021  
@jgpittenger I think the lighting on the face was from my post processing and lifting shadows. The light was behind him/her and to the left, just higher in the sky of course than with the sunset. Do you think I should darken its face?
September 10th, 2021  
Excellent action closeup (and the sky is gorgeous - nicely processed to combine the two)
September 10th, 2021  
a brilliant combination of the two. Great bird too even if not an eagle
September 10th, 2021  
Great capture even if it's not an eagle.
September 10th, 2021  
Great capture and edit.
September 10th, 2021  
Looks like a condor! Prob a turkey vulture.
September 10th, 2021  
Nice shot and great combination of the two. Wish I knew how to do things like that! I guess I could learn ...hmmm?
September 10th, 2021  
Great feather details!
September 10th, 2021  
Well done, it looks so amazing!
September 10th, 2021  
Great shot. We had a vulture in the UK last year that had flown over from Europe it caused quite a stir!
September 10th, 2021  
Great capture
September 10th, 2021  
oh wow, not at all an eagle, but what a bird!
September 10th, 2021  
Great shot and, as I have never seen a turkey vulture anyway, really interesting.
September 10th, 2021  
Wow, this is super!
September 10th, 2021  
Nothing wrong with us - unless you were a small rabbit underneath! fav
September 10th, 2021  
May not be an eagle - but a darn big bird ! -- great capture against that imagined sky !fav
September 10th, 2021  
Great shot of him and a seamless combination.
September 10th, 2021  
Excellent capture of Mr. Turkey Vulture and I like your processing.
September 10th, 2021  
Amazing capture and great editing.
September 10th, 2021  
Fantastic capture.Fav😊
September 10th, 2021  
A great bird in flight capture
September 10th, 2021  
Wow that's amazing!
September 10th, 2021  
Brilliant edit!
September 10th, 2021  
Lee
Fabulous shot. Good editing.
September 10th, 2021  
Brilliant shot
September 10th, 2021  
Great catch.
September 10th, 2021  
Wow great processing and capture!
September 10th, 2021  
Great capture.
September 11th, 2021  
Well catch
September 11th, 2021  
Lovely sky!
September 11th, 2021  
Like turkeys they have a face only their mother could love. hehe Good idea to put the two shots together.
September 12th, 2021  
He's not going to be pretty even if the sky is.
September 12th, 2021  
Nice shots and a clever combination.
September 12th, 2021  
some clever combining here. the vulture really does look quite intimidating.
September 13th, 2021  
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