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    Taken in company with the magnificent Captain James on the Hooptie Deux, Dot-Dash Island.

    Canon EOS-1D Mark III, EF400mm f/5.6L USM, 1/2000 sec @ f/8, ISO 640.

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    So nice to have you back posting again , Amy. Glad to see you got out with Capt James, and it's fun to see a variety of birds coming out of Hooptie Deux trips...not that we don't love the spoonies.

    I like your flight position on this one. I am not usually a fan on squarish crops, but this one works just right.
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    Exposure looks great, hope you had a great time. That is one good spot to shoot.
    I'd like to see a tad more room on upper left.

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    Lovely glossy blacks coming through on this one Amy, sharp focus and you've captured the green eye very nicely....all looks very nice against the blue sky....myself i feel it could use a bit more canvas left and top

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    Nice pose and capture. Nicely placed in the frame!

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    Fine exposure and wing positions, sharp and the sky is very good.

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    I'm glad to see you back and participating! And it was a pleasure working with / for you.
    Cormorants are not the easiest species to photograph. You did a nice job on this one.
    Nice and sharp, well exposed with interesting wing and body positions.

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    Nice image, getting right exposure on these in flight is a challenge and you nailed it pretty well

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    You did great with the exposure here Amy. Its nice to see you posting and I enjoyed shooting with you. I love how you got a great look at that beautiful eye and nice light under the wings. I like how you composed this but wonder if cropping from bottom and right side might help off center the bird more.

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    Thank you all for the great comments. I agree that adding more space to the left would make it more appealing. Not caring much about square crops myself, I thought it might work in this case because of the squarish body flight position of the bird. I do believe you nailed the composition, James. What an improvement!!! Many thanks.

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