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Clicked this Cormorant some time back, today i looked at this folder and thought of processing this.
Originally the image was landscape mode however i felt the vertical composition may look better on this one,
5D MIII + 400 f2.8 + 2x
monopod, from a boat
ISO 800, 1/5000, f 7.1
Attachment 129914
Critiques and suggestions welcome
thanks for looking
vishal
Excellent detailed feathers Vishal, love the head turned towards you and the colours in the BG. Vertical comp works very nicely here.
Vishal:
Simple, very clean, excellent feather detail, and agree about crop, because of the head angle.
Did you do anything special in the post processing to bring out the feather detail. It looks great.
Cheers
Randy
Lovely pose from this Cormie. Nice complimentary colors too. Feather detail looks good as well. (love that about these guys!) Just wondering about the differences I see in the ones in my area...ours have a turquoise eye and yellow around the mouth. At this size, I can't see what color the eye is, and am curious.
This is a lovely, simple image with terrific detail.
Love the iridescence on the feathers and the head turn. Perch is OK ?manmade
I also really like the shade of blue in the BG that matches the patch on the bill,
Gail
Wonderful! Love the detail in the bird! Is it that light color, or did you bring up the brightness? If so, that's not a criticism -- just good processing, to me. Could be just the light on iridescent feathers.
Amazing how they can grab a small perch with those swim fins on their feet.
The detail is first rate, Vishal.
Excellent exposure for the black feathers and terrific processing.
Vertical composition was a good choice, Vishal. I really like the feather details, pose and head turn. Excellent work.
Thanks Randy,Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy Stout
There is nothing done in post to get the feather details out, this guy is at a slight angle forward tail to neck and then the head turns back and i am in a boat at a slight heigher level that made the back at an angle to the sun, i have always seen it this way when the back is angled to the sun, if its flat its a nightmare exposing the back kills each time
Jeannean
I think this is a little cormorant , hence the black eye and the white patch on the throat and lighter black as it is non breeding individual. The Indian Cormorant has the green eye .
Gail,
The perch is man made for sure, its a wooden stump that is in water for tying the small wooden boats used by fishermen in the area.
Diane,
The colour looks this light in the non breeding it gets more dark black when the breeding season comes in and the white patch on the throat also disappears
Beautiful image,tack sharp with great detail,nice pose,and light,love the BG,well done.
lovely image! exposure & details are very good. maybe you can try moving the bird a bit inside the frame & see if it looks good.
Hi Vishal, love the pose and HA, and a vertical was the only way to go here. :w3 You have nailed the exposure on this fellow, and the green sheen really stands out on the plumage. Nicely separated from the water BG.
Very appealing! The subject looks great and has a perfect head angle, and there is just enough marbling in the BG to make it interesting. I could see the subject a little less tucked to the side.
Excellent detailed feathers,great BG,nice pose,and light.
well done.
Very nice Vishal. Awesome detail in the blacks and the detail and clairity in the feathers is very nice. The pose and BG set this one off. Great job!
Beautiful detail and colour rendition, the vertical crop works very well.
Every thing has been said about this wonderful image.
Would crop on the left ,bottom and add on the silver line on the RHS.
Excellent image.
Regards,
Satish.
