When I first saw the ad on TV a few days ago, what struck me was that the two "photographers" were going through all that effort to compete with each other over trying to get a picture of a turkey vulture. Most wildlife photographers that I know, when they see a turkey vulture, shrug their shoulders and don't even bother to take a picture of it.
Also, as Ian's post shows, that is not a vulture but a California Condor, a very endangered species only re-introduced to the wild in the last few years. You can see the ID tag (#18) and locator antenna on the wings. Most photographers wouldn't shrug at such a bird. But they are fairly commonly visible from the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
Jeff Nolten wrote:
Also, as Ian's post shows, that is not a vulture but a California Condor, a very endangered species only re-introduced to the wild in the last few years. You can see the ID tag (#18) and locator antenna on the wings. Most photographers wouldn't shrug at such a bird. But they are fairly commonly visible from the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
That makes more sense. Given that I live in an area where I see turkey vultures every day and that I have never seen a condor, I saw the head and made a careless ID. In any case, if I had been making the commercial, with the similarity in appearance between the vulture and the condor, I think I might have chosen to use a golden eagle. But that may be why they don't pay me to create commercials.
My '12 Xterra Pro 4X eats Rovers for breakfast. Fastest of the 'brute utes' and climbs like a mtn goat. Just sayin'
BTW, I'll show ya a freakin' commercial...Canon or Nikon, doesn't matter to me.
