Cormorants on the bay

[Connie Mier]

Morning on Biscayne Bay.
Sony a700,Minolta 300mm, 1.4XTC
1/2000, f11, ISO400
PP included addition of warming filter, cloned out some of the water to smooth out the background behind the birds. And some cropping.
Connie

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the concept of this image, and the colours look good. I find there is few too many birds, thus causing a bit of excessive merging. I would also give it an even more pano crop by taking away about half the empty space at bottom - this would nicely place the subjects in the LLC. I like the imcoming cormorant and the varous head angles.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Really like the BG color, the incoming bird is great but what I like the most
are the birds on the RH side, the one on the right edge pose is just great,
makes nice tension and feel of action. I too wish there were less merges,
but not too bad as is. Congratulations.

[Arthur Morris]

DD = ditto Daniel. Love the colors and the mood but too many merges with the birds on the perch.... A VERT might work next time.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Merges or not , still a great concept and you pulled it of very well.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image , Vertical may look great IMHO
TFS

[Connie Mier]

Thanks guys, I do have a vertical version, may post later.
Connie

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Connie,
Enjoyed your image - I actually like the crop as is!
Best,
Nicki

[Stu Bowie]

I like the comp as is too. Lovely colours, and I feel the cormorant in mid air finishes this off nicely.

[Juan Aragonés]

I do not mind about merging birds. I love the mood of the scene and the empty space at the right. I echoe what Daniel said about croping a bit more from the bottom