Cormorant Taking Flight

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve last year. I takes a lot of energy and room for these birds to take off from water. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 800 Auto 1 WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed
Cropped for composition and presentation

[dankearl]

Nice take-off shot of these clunky flyers, half the time at my pond they just walk on water...
Nice angle and exposure. I might remove the yellow blog above the wing.

[Moe Richard]

Excellent takeoff shot with really nice depth of field, stopped action with wingtip motion, exposure, and level of detail. I might clone out the leaves at the top of the frame as they do pull my eye a bit.