Cormorant

[Javier Ramos Pérez]

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Canon eos 1D MarkIII
Canon ef 400 f2.8 L IS USM
Av 1/400 sec to f8
Iso 200

Tripod
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Merry Christmas.

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[Mike Landwehr]

Javier,

A beautiful cormorant! Very sharp image, with a nice BG. I love the way the BG complements the bronze/brown colors in the wing feathers. I'd like to see a little more room at the top, but can see that would have degraded your BG, unless you could have composed the shot from a little higher angle.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Fantastic details, nice lights, well framed. Good job.

Szimi

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light and details. Another vote for more space at the top and I would clone out the branch/stick at the left side.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Javier,
Sweet angle and feather detail. As I generally prefer tighter crops.........I am OK with the original presentation........but I do understand where the others are coming from.........and it wouldn't hurt the image either way.
Very nicely composed!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Superb! Love the light, detail, pose, colours and THAT BG is just outstanding! Big congratualitons!

[Tony House]

Very nice work, great pose with the wing spread and good light showing the iridescent colours.

Tony

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb details, texture and pose. The head turn and eye contact is fantastic. Another vote for just a little more room at the top. Very well done!

Felices fiestas y buena luz marismeña para todo el año ;-)

[John Ippolito]

Beautiful pose and light on those outstretched wings! The BG is wonderful, though a little more of it on top would have been nice, but improbable judging from the pic. Very nice indeed.

[Nagesh Mula]

Its a Beautiful picture which is very sharp and excellent lighting. I agree with John's comment on increasing the canvas a bit from top.

[Rene' Villela]

Great detail on the feathers Javier! I really like the pose even though they stay like that for hours! :) I have tried to shoot them since we have them by the hundreds here but they are so shy and I have never been able to get close enough with my 300 mm lens! Some day! :) Cheers!