Little Pied Cormorant

[Colin Driscoll]

Silhouette in the reflection of the setting sun.
Drying its wings after the last feed of the day.
1DXII 600 f4 III HH
1/2000 f10 iso500
Manual
Cropped, light sharpen in PS2020

[gail bisson]

The silhouette itself and the pose of the bird is excellent. Love the colors.
I wish the BG had less confluent specular highlights and that they were more separated as we see on the RHS of the frame.
Some areas are quite bright (especially above the head) and I would tone them down or clone in some areas from the RHS to the head and wing area.
A step to the left and the head would have been nicely placed against separated specular highlights.
Despite my comments I do like this frame!!
Happy New Year to you and yours Colin!
Gail

[David Roach]

Superb pose, nice sharp edges (for subject and perch) and beautiful light. I almost feel like I have to squint, just as if I was there. So, I like the brightness. TFS

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks, and HNY back to you Gail. I did try side-stepping for the reasons you give but found that the silhouette lost its punch away from the brightest light. David, the AF also had to squint, it was pretty erratic trying to grab focus on the bird in that strong light.

[John Mack]

I like it. Nice silouette and that color in the water is great.