Great Cormorant

[Luis Patacao]

Cormorant in a nearby reserve, shot a few months ago.

Comments and critiques appreciated.



Corvo Marinho por Patacão, no Flickr

D7000 + 500mm at f/7.1
ISO 250
Cropped about 30% of the original (70% actual size), adjusted saturation and applied sharpening.

[Diane Miller]

A nice look-back pose. I don't know the bird but wonder if the colors are a bit warm.

I wish I could see more of the tail, but nothing you could do about that. Were yo able to change your position and get different shots or did he fly?

I don't know that camera but I would have tried a higher ISO to get more shutter speed and depth of field. My default ISO for most situations is 800 and I often need higher. With proper exposure to the right, and the noise-reduction software we have these days, noise is often not a problem.

[Luis Patacao]

Hi diane, not quite sure i understood you feedback.. I was able to get more shots of the cormorant but not from different pov. As for the dof/iso, i didn t understood it, would you like to see more dof? Or did you saw noise in the frame?




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[Diane Miller]

I meant were you able to get a shot with the end of the tail more visible. It's a little bit lost in the sticks in the foreground. But usually with a bird, we don't have chances to change our position.

I don't see noise, but I wonder if you could set a higher ISO and be able to get a faster shutter speed and a smaller aperture for a little more depth of field -- that can make an image a little sharper. You didn't say what your SS was, so maybe it was fast enough. But ISO 250 is low, for me.

Every camera is different, but yesterday I was shooting birds when one landed close to me on a good branch but it was in deep shade. I set the ISO to 4000 and got a nice shot. There was a little noise but I was able to bring it down in processing to a very acceptable level.

It isn't a spectacular image, but I'll post it here this evening. It's somewhat interesting because of the ISO.

[Luis Patacao]

Thanks for the feedback diane. I have a few more shots of this cormorant and in one of them the posse is slightly diferent showing the tail sharp. I ll post it later.

Ill look in the avian forum for the image you ve mentioned.

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[Diane Miller]

I haven't had time to post it yet, but I'll put it here, since it's not the most exciting image. But it is a good example of going to high ISO to get an image I would have missed otherwise, and the quality is not bad. I'll try to get it up today.