the angel of darkness

What was your primary goal with this photograph?
I wanted to give a mysterious air, both thoughtful and perhaps threatening, by taking a close-up of this vulture with half-closed eyes from the front.
 
 
Can you walk us through your thought process when you were making this image?
I chose to darken the background in the treatment to reinforce the demonic aspect.
 
 
If you had to describe this photograph in three words, what would they be? Angel of darkness.Vautour-2276.jpg

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