Sunbathing

[Stu Bowie]

A cormorant relaxing and drying in the sun. Taken in the Pilanesberg nature reserve. I liked the pose here.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1600
F/7.1
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.67
Hand held from a hide

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image , nice wing spread and eye looks great here
TFS

[David Fletcher]

Pretty neat shot Stu. Lovely pose and details in this. Good HA!

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Very nice pose, HA and details in the black, esp. with the harsh light.
The triangular shape of the perch repeats the wing shapes, nice.

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice. Perfect HA, OK perch. Good job on the blacks! I would clean up the smudge at the base of the perch and LRC. Actually, if you scroll quickly up and down you will notice a large area there that needs smoothing out.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack guys. Admittedly, sloppy pp work which I didnt check. Thanks for pointing it out Dan. Herewith a slight touch up.

[Mital Patel]

awesome perch and crisp capture. eye looks awesome.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,perch..details!!!

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Stuart: Great image of a bird I cannot get close to in Missouri. I see them all the time while duck hunting on the Missouri River but they stay far away. I like the way it is looking back over its shoulder at you. Good catch, my friend, and nice repost.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the great feedback.

[arash_hazeghi]

Love the details and eye contact Stuart, very well done

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the pose & blacks well handled Stu. Exposure is spot-on with great detail. Well done!

[Jim Crosswell]

Great eye contact and HA! I like the perch too. Excellent image Stuart.

[Stu Bowie]

Arash, Gerrie, Jim, thanks a stack guys.