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?
7D mkII, 100-400 f/4-5.6 IS II zoom, hand held
1/800 @ f/9, ISO 400
DPP/PS
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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