This is from the fantastic village of Riglos in the Spanish part of the Pyrenees. We went there to get close encounters of Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus/ gsgam), and so we did!
At most there were 36 vultures flying in the air at the same time and if we did a really stupid climb of one of the VERY steep hills you could get very close to them.....
Dangerous but really exiting!!! Both Ulla and I were totally exhausted after this adventure... and my legs did still hurt 2 days after this.... ;o)
I guess we are not 20 anymore, but it is a comfort that the the other people in our age did not attempt a climb at all and just stood there below and looked.
We will come back to this amazing place on earth!
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I took this in rawformat and used Adobe Lightroom for some adjustments before the edit in Photoshop CS3 beta
Just a little crop and a bit hue
Sharpening with Photokit capture sharpener
