Behind The Shot: “Johnny Walker” by Clint Ralph – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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This vulture hide is situated at the top of the Drakensberg Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on the edge of a cliff. The thermals created by the cliff create wings the ideal flying environment wings for the very rare and endangered Bearded vulture and Cape vulture. wings My partner and I had made our way up the steep mountain to arrive every morning before light to lay down some bones on the cliff ledge to attract these birds of prey. We did this for three days with the only visits from jackals, baboons and Pied crows. We would get the odd fly-by by Bearded wings vultures, but no landings, which is what we were there for.
On the third day, we finally got a landing by a mature Bearded vulture, which was spectacular to say the least with a wingspan of 2.7 meters. Then, in the final hour of sitting and waiting for something to happen, the famous Jackal buzzard you see here came swooping in at a tremendous speed. He landed a short distance from the bones and proceeded to march straight to the collection while chasing the Pied crows out of his way. Unfortunately, it was very overcast, which forced us to lower our shutter speeds and push up the ISO to be able to capture the moment. Fortunately for me, he walked right towards me, and I shot him on a small rise in the ground that gave me a good eye-level angle, which added to the appeal of the shot. At the time, I did not realize that I had captured such an unusual wings pose, however, on getting off the mountain, I was pleasantly surprised with this very unique pose from such a beautiful bird of prey. – wings Clint Ralph
About David Alexander Willis Based out of Los Angeles, David Alexander Willis is Associate Editor for Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo, Digital Photo Pro and HDVideoPro magazines. You can follow him at twitter.com/davidalexwillis .
excellent wings photographs On a technical wings note. The birds rise on “ridge lift” and not thermals. Ridge lift happens when air flows toward the mountain and then rises. Thermals occur on flat surfaces when hot air rises and forms large slow moving vortexes
Thank you for the comment, Jan, you are correct in that these animals primarily use ridge lift, however thermals are simply updrafts wings that can be created on any surface by uneven heating, including cliffs, mountains, rivers, roads, etc. It does not have to be flat, and thermals can even mix with ridge lift winds. Leave a Comment
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This vulture hide is situated at the top of the Drakensberg Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on the edge of a cliff. The thermals created by the cliff create wings the ideal flying environment wings for the very rare and endangered Bearded vulture and Cape vulture. wings My partner and I had made our way up the steep mountain to arrive every morning before light to lay down some bones on the cliff ledge to attract these birds of prey. We did this for three days with the only visits from jackals, baboons and Pied crows. We would get the odd fly-by by Bearded wings vultures, but no landings, which is what we were there for.
On the third day, we finally got a landing by a mature Bearded vulture, which was spectacular to say the least with a wingspan of 2.7 meters. Then, in the final hour of sitting and waiting for something to happen, the famous Jackal buzzard you see here came swooping in at a tremendous speed. He landed a short distance from the bones and proceeded to march straight to the collection while chasing the Pied crows out of his way. Unfortunately, it was very overcast, which forced us to lower our shutter speeds and push up the ISO to be able to capture the moment. Fortunately for me, he walked right towards me, and I shot him on a small rise in the ground that gave me a good eye-level angle, which added to the appeal of the shot. At the time, I did not realize that I had captured such an unusual wings pose, however, on getting off the mountain, I was pleasantly surprised with this very unique pose from such a beautiful bird of prey. – wings Clint Ralph
About David Alexander Willis Based out of Los Angeles, David Alexander Willis is Associate Editor for Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo, Digital Photo Pro and HDVideoPro magazines. You can follow him at twitter.com/davidalexwillis .
excellent wings photographs On a technical wings note. The birds rise on “ridge lift” and not thermals. Ridge lift happens when air flows toward the mountain and then rises. Thermals occur on flat surfaces when hot air rises and forms large slow moving vortexes
Thank you for the comment, Jan, you are correct in that these animals primarily use ridge lift, however thermals are simply updrafts wings that can be created on any surface by uneven heating, including cliffs, mountains, rivers, roads, etc. It does not have to be flat, and thermals can even mix with ridge lift winds. Leave a Comment
We welcome constructive comments and discussion. To keep the conversation polite, we will remove comments that we feel are disruptive, including abusive language and personal attacks against a contributor or another wings commenter. Repeated offenses may result in a permanent restriction from commenting.
adobe lightroom adventure alaska animal arctic birds California Canon composition creativity critique digital workflow Humpback Whale Ian Plant iceland image processing Inside Passage inspiration Jay Goodrich Jerry Monkman Jon Cornforth Joseph wings Rossbach Kevin Schafer landscape light lightroom Michael Clark Michael Frye National Forest National Parks nature nature photography night photography Nikon Off the Beaten Path Patagonia photography Photo Of The Day photoshop Photo Tours underwater wildlife winter workshop Yosemite wings
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