Cape Cormorant
Whilst photographing the Penquins in Cape Town at the end of last year, The Cape Cormorants were busy amongst the Penquins on the beach. I managed to separate this guy from the rest, to have a clean shot and the light has shown up the iridescence nicely. Captured late afternoon from a viewing platform. Unfortunately, this is the lowest I could go.
Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +1.4 tc = 420mm
1/2000
F/8.0
ISO 640
Exp Comp +0.67
Hand Held
Excellent work all around in a difficult situation. The head-angle is perfect and I love the shadow.
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merhaba Stu, vay .. çok iyi exp! tebrikler black detail perfect
Looks good to me, Stu. Very similiar to the Cormorants in Florida. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
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Great portrait, sharp from tip to tail.
Dan Kearl
Nice and clean. I like the grains of sand on the tail too as it implies movement along the beach.
Stu:
Great contrast between bird and background really makes him pop. Very clean look. And of course that killer eye.
Well done!
Randy
The cormorant stands out great against all that white sand. Nice vertical framing as well. Detail and pose are right on.
Generally Cormorants aren't a sexy subject but you did this one justice Stu. Great job getting the whole bird in focus.
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
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