Little Pied Cormorant portrait

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Not a captive bird, but in a refuge, where used to people. I guess like Florida birdies aye? ;)

Full frame, 300mm f/4L IS, 30D and I will retrieve the rest of the EXIF details in the morning (my morning not yours) :D

I love head portraits myself. :)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pretty cool, I like the light, details, raised crest and eye contact and would only run NR on the BG.

[Stu Bowie]

Super close up Akos, and love the forward pose. Incredible detail, and how is that eye. Would like to see what the rest of this guy looks like. ( BTW, it must be midnight there now, as you are at least 8hrs ahead of us, and you still active on the site. ) Cheers mate.

[David Roach]

The white feathers look like fur!!! I love this one!!!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful light,composition and pose!

[Morkel Erasmus]

super portrait! I wish for a little more light over the hind beak to eye area but pin sharp and great detail in this...

[Grace Scalzo]

Love the clarity of this image and the reflection in the eye. The bg color is perfect for this bird.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great species! Lovely light, nice colors, BG, atitude, exposure and detail. Agree about the NR needed in the BG. Big congratulations!

[denise ippolito]

Akos, Beautiful details and whites look great! Love the reflection in the eye.

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent exposure control for both blacks and whites. Good head angle and texture in the plumage. Is that you reflected in the eye?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks for the comments kind friends.

Fabs, I am not sure, perhaps. I will dig out the RAW image and zoom zoom zoom. Plus I got to provide EXIF as promised.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hola Rex, in Spanish Rey!

Great looking cormorant. Thanks for sharing it here. Love everything about this one, especially the eye. NR is mandatory here.

[Steve Canuel]

Great portrait. Also love the detail in the eye reflection.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Ho brother.. loved it...I dont know how I missed this, Loved the details and the bird, I never knew thay had a pied one.

[Arthur Morris]

Oskosh, Excellent stuff as noted in above. Could it be tree reflections in the eye? (The reflections are a bit distracting to me.) Love the colors and the relatively short un-cormorant-like bill. You might wish to lose the white speck at the rear of the crest.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

THanks everyone for all the suggestions and kind comments.

Maestro, they are trees indeed.

[Arthur Morris]

That would seem to mean that Fabs thinks that you look like a tree. Actually, she is not far off....