cormorant

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

was created in Moronis river/lagoon in Crete,Greece few months ago
Canon 40D Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4X TC
1/6400 f 5.6 iso 320
thanks for looking!

[Doug Brown]

I like how the landing splash is so brilliantly illuminated by the sun. I also like the pano crop, although I might add a bit of canvas in front of the bird. I do wish for better wing position, and I find the orange blotches on the bird's silhouette to be a little distracting.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the landing pose, backlight effect and haze and like the idea of adding some canvas on the left.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I like the mist and silhouette. Agreed about some extra canvas LHS. Wing pose OK for me.

[Michael Zajac]

Fantastic light and nice silhouette -looks just a tiny bit tight top and left.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like this one alot, but I would definitely make it darker and warmer overall. I love the mist and splash.

[Aidan Briggs]

I agree with Daniel that darkening the silhouette, and warming the image up would help. I do love the misty setting, the action, and the splash.

[Ramon M. Casares]

This is my personal PP version, I think it works better... I darkened the whole BG separetely from the bird and then I darkened the bird but not as much as I did with the BG so not to loose the foggy feeling.
Love it though, great pose, mood, comp, colors and detail in the water.
Congratulatinos!

[Harshad Barve]

lovely landing pose , agreed with suggations given above
TFS

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like Ramon`s repost...thanks my friend!

[Ramon M. Casares]

My pleasure amigo.

[David Fletcher]

Superb shot Manos with great mood and feeling. Ramon has taken it up a few more notches. VWD!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Manos,
Sweet pose and light! I like Ramon's tweak.....he didn't lose the fog (nice job Ramon!)....very nice job composing and as always......I like them tight! Very well done and the tweaks put it over the top!