An Eye.

[Satish Ranadive]

This cormorant was imaged this week at the nearby lake. Almost all the cormomrants (group of 35-40) were sitting on man-made wall inside the lake in shallow water under the shadow of the tree.
Low natural light.One was found on the branch nearest to me. Cropped and sharpened.
White patch running across the neck just above the eye is darkened and small portion perch at LLC is removed.NR applied to background.

ISO: 800, 1/200 @ F: 8.0.Evaluating metering. Inbuilt flash used.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
Kind Regards.

[Nick Palmieri]

Interesting and different presentation. The eye and head look sharp to me. I think the BG is somewhat distracting and may benefit by toning it down a bit. I also think I would eliminate the OOF body in the upper left.

[Ryan Schain]

Unique image of an often photographed species. I agree with Nick's assessment. I also find there to be a noticeable cyan cast that can likely be easily and quickly fixed by adding some red.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like what you were going for here. The face is sharp, and the eye too (I would be tempted to darken the pupil). I would have pointed my lens a bit higher and to the left, and opened up the aperture to minize the streaking in the BG (and give you more SS).

[Bill Dix]

Interesting idea, Satish. I don't think the oof portion in the ULC adds to the image, but I like the rest. Good comments above.

[Karl Egressy]

Niceimage, Satish. I would go with a tighter crop to put more emphasis on the eye.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your kind word and suggestions.Here is the modified image:

Added Red+33,Green+7,Blue-17.
Darkened slightly,OOF from the ULC eliminated.Pupil Darkened and cropped little tight.
I Hope you will like it.



Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Sorry Members,
I have uploaded another version.Here is the tight crop version of the image.

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

I like the different approach here. Do agree with the above thoughts, color cast and cropping. For my personal taste, the last repost is too tight. I slightly prefer the 2nd crop, but might move him slightly off center.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, well done for creating something different and it works for me. I may be wrong, But I feel you have added too much red. In my version, I desaturated the cyan and blue channels, and then added back a touch or red in saturation.

[Nancy Bell]

This is a very creative view and I think it is great. I do think the whites in the bkgd would be less of a distraction if they were toned down. I prefer seeing a bit of the body in the image.

[Dennis Zaebst]

I think this is a truly creative shot, very sharp, good exposure, and it would look great "blown up" on the wall. I actually agree with Stuart and prefer the original's relatively neutral cast (not to contradict the others' comments...it's a personal choice). Very well done!

[PhilCook]

10/10 for originality Satish. I like the cropped version without the oof body, but prefer the more natural coloring of the first, the re post looks to brown for a Cormorant I think

[David Salem]

Like the creativity and the comp. Nice work.