A Feather

[Stu Bowie]

This could be a gift to his partner perched outside the frame, or it could just be a single feather he has plucked whilst preening which it was. A Reed Cormorant captured at my local pond early morning. Hopefully, just enough visible eye for this to work.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 30mm F/2.8mm +2X TC = 600mm
1/1250
F/6.3
ISO 800

Hand Held.

[gail bisson]

I like this a lot!
Great lines created by the neck and feather.
Nice, simple but beautiful image design,
Great BG and light. Blacks look good.
I could also see this with a crop that gets rid of the branch but lovely as is.

[Kurt Bowman]

Love the red eye, the feather adds a lot of interest and also dig the perch! I wish there was a tiny bit more head turn, but it certainly doesn’t ruin this image. Great job!

[David Roach]

All has been said so I'll add simply sublime... TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super Stu love the exposure on the bird, I find the pose pleasing.
Nothing wrong with the branch but I wonder if it would appear to be a little less dominant if you toned it down some?

[Mike Poole]

Great to see some work from you Stu, and this is lovely. Nice. behaviour, great details in the blacks

Mike

[John Mack]

I like the pose and the feathers. That red eye pops nicely. Solid background.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the perch, pose, BG and feather makes the image. There is enough of the eye for me. Well done Stu.

[annmpacheco]

Super Stu, lovely curves and the plucked feather has some stiff ruby eye competition! The blacks look wonderful with definition. Lovely almost oval dark grey/black spot at end of feathers really caught my eye. Keep em coming!