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I went to my local pond in Pretoria over the weekend and captured various incoming shots of various ducks and cormorants. This is a White-breasted cormorant, and he gave me a full show of his wings. Ive based my rotation on the ripples in the FG.
Canon 1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 370mm
1/2000
F/7.1
ISO 800
Exp comp +0.33
Stuart Sir:
Excellent landing pose you have captured.Great IQ.
Love the full wing show,very nice eye contact,beautiful colors,details,flash of water in blues.
I don't know but,I still feel that image needs some CW rotation.
Regard,
Satish.
Excellent shot Stuart!
I really like the landing pose. Especially the wing position.
Terrific details, exposed very well, and great comp.
Agree Satish, looks like it needs just a tad of CW rotation.
Well done.
I like all the lines created here making a cool X with the reflection in the middle.
That's quite a furrow it's made on landing.....nicely sharp Stuart and love those wings
Great action shot Stuart - superb timing and detail,
Cheers Greg
Love the incoming angle. The exposure on the underwings looks great. I think (without measuring) that the whites have some hot spots. Tricky on the rotation, but I'm with Satish here.
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
Hey Stuart - Killer pose on this incoming cormie. Agree with the others regarding the rotation. One way to know for sure (as I've learned from Kerry Perkins) is to draw a straight line from a point down to its reflection. When that line is vertical you've got the correct rotation.
Thanks Faraaz. I wish the reflection was clear enough to line up a point - please show me which one you had in mind. :w3:bg3::bg3:Quote:
Originally Posted by Faraaz Abdool
Awesome Stu, love the landing pose and good detail. Agree with rotation on this one, great work.
Nice slide in pose. Good details and exposure and I like the streak of water. Like it Stuart!
Wellll it is difficult to find a clear spot, but in this case I figure you can take the approximate spot where his gular sac is (the yellow portion just before the white starts) as that can be clearly discerned in the reflection. Draw a line from the meeting point of the gular sac and neck feathers on the actual bird to the corresponding point on the reflection. It's pretty much aligned but may need a very slight CW rotation. Looking at this shot on my home monitor (as opposed to at work earlier) I'm amazed at the sharpness you got on that face!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart Bowie
