Male Cormorant W/50-D

[bill kominsky]

Couldn't pass this guy up, I was looking for the Red Shouldered and had my 500-MM and Ext. 1.4 so all I could get waqs what you see here.
Canon 50-D ISO=250 at f/6-3 1/500th of a sec. and a 0-EV.

Thank you all so much for the visit and the comment.

Bill

[Tony Whitehead]

Amazing colours and BG, Bill. Light angle not the best and some of the light tones on the beak are hot. I think a bit more sharpening accentuates the skin and beak patterns and textures which are a big part of this image.

[James Salywoda]

Bill I like Tonys repost it did bring out more detail but I would have like to of seen more detail especially when working close to a subject for portraits.
the subject had all the elements except the fine detail .....

[bill kominsky]

Amazing colours and BG, Bill. Light angle not the best and some of the light tones on the beak are hot. I think a bit more sharpening accentuates the skin and beak patterns and textures which are a big part of this image.

Tony thank you so much for taking the time to help out on this image and of course your post is remarkablely better, but how and what did you do ? and thank you so much for taking the time on my junk.

Bill

[bill kominsky]

Bill I like Tonys repost it did bring out more detail but I would have like to of seen more detail especially when working close to a subject for portraits.
the subject had all the elements except the fine detail .....

He surprised me James and I was not totally not prepared but he looked so beautiful in his breeding color I couldn't resist. I knew all the elements were there and Tony did a great job on the repost, but do not know how he did it, maybe someday, and thank you so much James it means a lot.

Bill