Relaxing in the sun

[Stu Bowie]

I visited a local pond in Pretoria on saturday, and although the action was a bit quiet, I did manage to get this Reed Cormorant showing off his wings. I positioned myself so the cormorant was against a distant large tree. If I had moved any more, left or right, I would have had half sky and half tree. The BG was as shot in terms of being completely OOF.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 310mm
1/1000
F/7.1
ISO 500

Manual exposure
Hand held

[Jamie Douglas]

You handled all that sunlight very well Stuart. Great detail and BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet light and a nice display. I like the pano crop too well done

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, details, BG and composition. Well done Stuart!

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose and great show of the wings. Love the bg

[Arno Ellmer]

Great capture,Stu.I love the gracious wing spread and the feather detail.Pano crop works well.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for the comments and feedback everyone.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot Stuart. I really like the pose and great head angle. Very nice background, excellent feather detail, and very well composed.
Well done.

[gail bisson]

This is nice Stuart. The BG is "killer". Great and suitable crop. good exposure and HA. No nits from me,
Gail