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    I shot this guy on the rocks last winter in San Diego with the sea behind him. Apart from bringing out just a touch more detail from the darkest blacks and whitest whites, there wasn't much to do with the optimization except make a small crop for framing purposes. Of all the cormorant shots I got from the trip, I thought this had the best expression; to me he looks like someone who's starting to get fed up with all the paparazzi sticking cameras in his face! Am I correct in thinking that the white crests over the eyes are a Pacific race thing that we don't see out east?

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    The details are nice and the background is great. The vertical crop works well. Nice pose on the bird.

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    Good details, and the vertical composition works nicely. I love the eye, and the BG.

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    Nice details and BG. Good pose too with the vertical. Great look at the eye. No nits from me. TFS

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    Spot on Jake, nice choice of techs to get the sharpness throughout the frame

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    The bird looks happy to me. Most eastern birds have black crests that are not seen as regularly as white crests on the birds in SD.

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