Little Cormorant

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

D800
300mm f/2.8G VR II
300mm
ISO 640
f/7.1 at 1/500s
Manual mode
Matrix Metering
0.0EV
AF-C, Single
Auto white balance
Tripod inside a hide

Cropped from 7360x4912 to 6405x4152

Adjust WB, linear burn, curve, a lot of background clean up, NR and sharpen

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[Jeff Sorbie]

What a sorry looking little one...LOL. Love the detail and BG. Kind of looks like it is holding onto the perch with its wing. Nice Capture.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice Thanaboon. Love the fact that you got a look from the cormorant. The bg is very nicely edited, as I wouldn't have guessed you did much too it. I might apply a round of USM to the head.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the image overall, and the BG is quite a beauty. I do wish the subject had perched higher on the snag. Would you have been able to move more to your right (not crazy about the far wing/tail merge). Techs and comp look good...

[John Cooper]

A very typical pose of the Cormorant Thanaboon drying off its plumage. I like your composition and you have done an excellent job on the BG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Excellent composition, perfect head turn and DOF. good call on the f-stop.

[Greg Oakley]

Lovely image and pose Thanaboon - great job on the background!
Cheers Greg

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,love the BG,nice pose.thanks.