Little Pied Cormorant

[Mark Young]

This bird was quite happy to pose for a picture. It was taken around noon, so I was pleasantly surprised to see some detail in the whites.

Canon 400 300f4+1.4tc, ISO200, f7.1, 1/2000, -0.7

[Lance Peters]

Hi Mark - have done well in spite of the light - exposure looks good with detail in the blacks and whites in check.
Like the open beak pose and sharp as a tack to boot!
Like it!!

[John Chardine]

Agree with Lance, really nice exposure and sharpness. What a great bird Mark!!

I wonder if you could coax some detail out of that eye with a bit of lightening? I have a feeling you could!

[Mark Young]

Thanks Lance,


Agree with Lance, really nice exposure and sharpness. What a great bird Mark!!

I wonder if you could coax some detail out of that eye with a bit of lightening? I have a feeling you could!

I didn't think about the eye, I'll have a look at it when I get home tonight.

[Mark Young]

Repost with some lightening of the eye.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Hi
Nice repost mark
Exceptional detail in balcks and whites with lovely pose. TFS

[pat lillich]

this is so gorgeous! I like the lightening of the eye. the detail in the whites and blacks is wonderful.

[Julie Kenward]

Very nice, Mark. Even though the head isn't directly turned towards us the image is really strong and provoking. I love the open mouth - this IMO really makes the image stronger than most because it's a pose we don't see often. I also like how the mouth creates a "triangle" with the URC.

Love the detail in the eye that the repost brought out.

[John Chardine]

Nice repost Mark. You were subtle with your eye work which is good- too much and you can get a very strange, unnatural look.

And BTW I consider dodging the eye as standard darkroom practise. If you needed a bit more detail in shadow areas on the photographic paper you would expose a little bit less in those areas using a (moving) wand or your hand to block the light from the enlarger. It's great to be back in the (digital) darkroom again!

[Arthur Morris]

Sometimes (as here) having the head square to the imaging sensor is the best head angle... Great job with the WHITEs in the ORIG and the eye in the re-post. Those WHITEs are bright and white but they have detail and I love them.

[Mark Young]

Thanks for the feedback and comments everyone.

[Troy Lim]

You know what you were doing :) Great image.