White Breasted Cormorant (Juv)

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 500 f4 L IS + 1.4 Ext
AV f6.3
TV 1/1250
AWB
Evaluative Metering
ISO 800
Subject distance 8.1m
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

Crits and comments appreciated :S3:

[Randy Stout]

Dum:

Lovely light, BG, eye and feather detail, esp. on the chest.
I like the comp as well.

If he gave you the chance, I would have tried for a bit more DOF to get the shoulder in focus as well.

Cheers

Randy

[Harshad Barve]

Oh boy , this is terrific image , love the light , details and BG
TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dumay, terrific IQ and light. Well composed, sharp and excellent details. I agree with Randy that stopping down a bit would have been better. Doesn't look like BG blur would have suffered much. You can try some selective sharpening there but not to the point where it will look unnatural.

[Stu Bowie]

Sweet, sweet light mate, and love the overall detail and colours. I also like the pose in this. Another great Mankwe BG.:w3

[Morkel Erasmus]

exquisite detail here bud...with light do die for...I hear Randy's point about DOF, but I quite like it as is :bg3:

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent pose light and details, I have no issue with DOF. It's a beautiful shot

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Dumay. Sweet light, excellent detail, nice comp, and a great background. The head and neck are so sharp that the slightly soft shoulder doesn't bother me. Very well done.