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    Default The Cormorant has landed

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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    I like all the lines created here making a cool X with the reflection in the middle.

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    That's quite a furrow it's made on landing.....nicely sharp Stuart and love those wings

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    Great action shot Stuart - superb timing and detail,
    Cheers Greg

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    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.

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    Thanks for the feedback everyone.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Faraaz Abdool View Post
    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.

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    Awesome Stu, love the landing pose and good detail. Agree with rotation on this one, great work.

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    Nice slide in pose. Good details and exposure and I like the streak of water. Like it Stuart!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Bowie View Post
    Thanks Faraaz. I wish the reflection was clear enough to line up a point - please show me which one you had in mind.
    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!

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