Greetings,
Many thanks to the moderators and contributors of this great forum.
I'm fairly new to bird photography having started just under a year ago. We have some fairly nice urban wildlife areas here in the Seattle, WA area that present good opportunities for image making.
My first submission is of a Double-crested Cormorant. I tried to crop out some of the distractions from the shot including a bit off the top of the OOF background, but the other birds in the part of the foreground were unavoidable without cutting off part of the subject.
I probably could have worked a little harder in PP to bring out more detail in the dark area of the bird.
Thanks for your time and help,
Jay
Last edited by Jay Taylor; 01-06-2008 at 09:09 PM.
Reason: photo upload
You have a wonderful light here, the composition works but it could be cropped a bit from the right side of the frame. Whatever it is in the foreground is a huge distraction to your main subject. The other birds in the water almost look like rocks so that's not such a negative impact in your image. Overall a very warm and pleasant image with few things to keep in mind for the next time.