A Little Pied Cormorant sunning on a cool winter morning.
1DXII 600mm F/4L III 1.4III HH
840mm 1/2500 f8 iso800
Cropped from horizontal S&H and light sharpen removed second catch light PS2019
What a cool bird!
I like your crop and the whites look great. Perfect head turn.
I have never seen this bird IRL so wonder about the blacks and the magenta/purple I see in the feathers. Details in the whites look great but not the blacks. Did you have to lift exposure for the blacks?
Gail
So nice Colin, yes to the detailed whites, HA, and your crop/placement. I think there is a bit of noise that could get reduced in the blues. Also, there is a faint lighter ?catchlight below the catchlight? TFS
Thanks for the comments and observations. Not sure about that hue in the blacks, could be a refraction effect from the direct sunlight, only used S&H @ 35. But the blacks don't show that hue in softer light. Anyway here's a re-work removing the hue, a touch of Neat Image on the blues and removing that minuscule catch light remnant!