Reed Cormorant

[Chris van Rooyen]

I captured this image at Marievale near my home in Johannesburg. I liked the perfect symmetry of the wings.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:12:30 0694
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Tv
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 500mm

[Greg Basco]

Chris, I like this a lot. The detail in the subject and then the two-toned background really makes it special.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Mike Lentz]

The BG, pose and light are are very nice! A keeper for sure!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

How funny looking head :D
Very nice image. Never noticed they have red eye :?

Szimi

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

Sharp, good head angle, nice background. I particularly like the way the feet wrap around the perch.

Very nice.

Randy

[Ramon M. Casares]

Not gorgeous, not great, but simply TERRIFIC! Stunning light, pose, atitude, exposure, BG and detail, big... no.. Huge congratualitons!

[adrian dancy]

Excellent. Not a beautiful face but the interest makes up for it.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, details, light and head angle. Interesting eye color, too.

[Grady Weed]

The classic batman look and that red eye make this one for me.

[AJ Kunkel]

Great image! I don't have much to add that has not already been said. My only nit might be the missing angle of the perch, but that would only be VERY minor

[Fabs Forns]

Fantastic light, pose, EXp and background. Glad to see some stills from you :)

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments guys, appreciated:)