I waded out about 30 feet and took some shots of the juvenile d/c cormorant a few evenings ago. It was about 5pm, the light was still pretty bright. Unfortunately, directly in front of this beauty would have been over my head! Thought the pose was interesting-looks like its flexing... so took what I could get.
Canon 40D
Canon 400 f/5.6L/Tripod
Av f/5.6 @ 1/800s ISO 320
CWMetering @ +1.3
Crop & added flash
Paul
I rather like the setting and colors as well as the action. As James has said.....a little more eye contact would have been fine. Also, I think it might need a little sharpening.