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    Image captured at Eagle Lakes Community Park in Naples Florida on 3/21/11.
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    Rich:

    The light angle here has helped with nice definition in some areas, but has left the classic emerald eye rather dark and lifeless . You might be able to bring it up a bit more in post processing.

    The image is sharp, open beak a plus.

    Fill flash might have been an option here to fill in the darker/shaded areas, esp. to give some spark to the eye.

    Because of the pose and the angle of gaze, I might be tempted to crop this more into a vertical comp.

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    Randy covers the same concerns I have, especially light angle. In a case like this I often forgo taking images and just look for another subject if I can't get around it for more frontal lighting. I do love the details on the plumage and find the pose very nice. I still can't get over how tame your cormorants are compared to our very flighty ones.

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    Randy,

    I will try a verticle crop. I can see how the light angle has worked both for me and against me. I need to do more experimenting with fill flash as well. With regard to post processing of the eye would you just change exposure?

    Thanks for your inputs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Stout View Post
    Rich:

    The light angle here has helped with nice definition in some areas, but has left the classic emerald eye rather dark and lifeless . You might be able to bring it up a bit more in post processing.

    The image is sharp, open beak a plus.

    Fill flash might have been an option here to fill in the darker/shaded areas, esp. to give some spark to the eye.

    Because of the pose and the angle of gaze, I might be tempted to crop this more into a vertical comp.

    Cheers

    Randy

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    Daniel,

    I was happy with the head angle but should have tried a fill flash or bypassed the shot. I was surprised how comliant the cormorants were - there was a dozen of them together just sunning themself on a concrete structure adjacent to a lake.

    Thanks for you inputs.


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    Randy covers the same concerns I have, especially light angle. In a case like this I often forgo taking images and just look for another subject if I can't get around it for more frontal lighting. I do love the details on the plumage and find the pose very nice. I still can't get over how tame your cormorants are compared to our very flighty ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich Reich View Post
    Randy,

    I will try a verticle crop. I can see how the light angle has worked both for me and against me. I need to do more experimenting with fill flash as well. With regard to post processing of the eye would you just change exposure?

    Thanks for your inputs.

    Rich
    Rich - I would try dodging the eye to see if I can bring it up a bit. Might also be able to use the sponge tool at low setting to increase the saturation a bit.

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