Cape Cormorant in full flight.

[Stu Bowie]

These are pretty fast flyers especially when they fly with the wind which they normally do. This was captured over Boulders Beach, Cape Town - a penguin colony, and the wind always blows there. I managed to capture a good wing position against a sky BG. Taken late afternoon.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm f/2.8mm +1.4TC = 420mm
1/2500
F/7.1
ISO 640

Hand held

[Randy Stout]

Stu:

Now that is a full up wing position ! Nice eye, good to have subtle clouds. I might bump the contrast just a bit to help make the clouds pop a bit more.

Cheers

Randy

[annmpacheco]

very nice wings up with details on those blacks! The eye stills steals the show for me!

[William Dickson]

Love the flight pose....very nice ..great colours on the bird and yes that eye sure makes a difference. Lovely detail on the bird ....well done Stu.

Will

[Brian Sump]

Stu, the composition looks great! Wings fully up works well for sure.

Randy's comment on contrast in the bkg is noted and agreed. Is there maybe a touch of motion blur at the top of the beak?

Feather detail looks fab and love being able to see the marbled effect in the eye too. Nicely processed!

[John Mack]

Now that is a wing up pose. Nice detail on the bird. The blue background contrats with the bird nicely.