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    I have photographed many Cormorants since I began this journey but only recently have I found them with the crests that the name comes from. Image captured at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

    Nikon D500
    Nikon 500mm PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
    1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 640 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
    Cropped for composition and presentation

    P.S. Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/
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    Nice vertical comp, you only needed to raise your camera by about 1 to 1.5 inches IMO. Nice indeed to see those "crests", and of course that emerald eye.

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    Hi Joe ... nice portrait , love the emerald eye !!!
    For me , the image can stand a bit more brightness .

    TFS Andreas

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    Wonderful view of that crest and I always love the eyes. Might slightly desat the orange for a skosh more detail. TFS

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    Nice tight portrait! I had only seen them with white crests! I just looked it up and apparently the crests can be black or white!

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    Really nice detail Joe! Love that eye! I just wish for a tad more room up top.

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.

    Looking at the image again I agree with Andreas that the exposure could be raised. Here is a edit raising the exposure by 0.5.
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