Double-crested Cormorant

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image this morning at Circle B Bar Reserve. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 320
Post processed in Lightroom 5

[John Robinson]

Nice one Joseph. Great head turn.
Any chance of lifting the blacks a teeny bit ?
Cheers
John

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks for viewing and commenting John. You're right the blacks are too dark. I had them opened up and then lowered the exposure a tad and forgot to revisit them. I think this is better.

[Robert Kimbrell]

I like the shot Joe. A very nice look back at you, and that beautiful green eye. Good advice from John, and the second shot is improved. Ideally I could see pushing the shaded blacks further.

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot! I like RP. Excellent pose, exposure and the light.

[John Cooper]

The cormorant posed for you beautifully Joseph, very sharp detail and I love that eye!

[David Salem]

Great advice by John and good job on not going to far. Looks about right. Nice pose, HA and wing detail. Well done

[William Dickson]

Lovely shot Joe. Well done

[Dave Johnson]

Nice shot Joseph. Great light, pose and details. The re-post looks better. TFS.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joseph, great look back pose, and thats really sweet light you were shooting in. Typical 'drying' wing position, and well done on the repost.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for taking time to view and comment, very much appreciated.