Cormorant

Gallery: AvianPosted July 5, 2010114 views14 comments

A rather common bird in South Louisiana. Got this one at a small lake near the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. Taken in early morning in February, ambient light and Gitzo tripod.
Processed in Nikon Capture NX and photoshop CS.

Date/Time: Feb. 1 @ 08:25:19
Model: NIKON D200
Flash: NEVER
Focal Length: 1000 mm (NIKON 500MM F/4G VRII + NIKON TC20EII)
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/11 (STOPPED DOWN 1 STOP)
ISO Equivalent: 400
Exposure Bias -1/3
White Balance: MANUAL DIRECT SUNLIGHT
Metering Mode: MATRIX
RAW
Exposure Program: APERTURE PRIORITY

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 5, 2010 at 8:29 PM

Another sweet shot. The light is wonderful in this. I love the harmonic tans and browns - a nice understated image.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 5, 2010 at 8:57 PM

That's some beautiful lighting and water color Ronnie, nice detail in the dark plumage as well.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 5, 2010 at 9:09 PM

Beautiful color on the water and wonderful light throughout.

This is superb work!

Peter

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 5, 2010 at 10:11 PM

Beautiful, Ronnie. The head turn and lighting are perfect.

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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on July 6, 2010 at 12:25 AM

I like the subtle colors in this shot.

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on July 6, 2010 at 12:48 AM

Awesome capture, Ronnie. Colors, sharpness, lighting; everything - very nice.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 6, 2010 at 12:50 AM

The two best things about this fine image for me is the wonderful soft lighting and the detail of the feathers that have a three dimensional appearance especially on upper back. Nice!!!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 6, 2010 at 1:16 AM

Excellent color palette and your usual fine techs. I'm not very good at those eastern cormorants, but this looks like a Double-crested and not a Neotropic; range maps show Louisiana has both.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 6, 2010 at 9:40 AM

gorgeous colors and light, Ronnie. perfect comp and some excellent detail also. really an attractive image.

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Comment posted by Darren McKenna on July 6, 2010 at 11:14 AM

Very nice image Ronnie, the warm earth tones and calm water really set off this image. A beauty.

darrenmckenna.com

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 6, 2010 at 3:00 PM

I like the detail and golden color of the water. The light is also superb!

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on July 6, 2010 at 6:40 PM

The color, sharpness and composition make this shot. I gave a group of cormorants 5 minutes from my house. Now after seeing your I will have to settle for mine.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on July 7, 2010 at 4:55 AM

It looks as if the wing feathers were cast in bronze, BB. You have got to love that early morning light on the water.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 8, 2010 at 10:42 PM

Exquisite Ronnie - beautiful image quality and lighting. Love the golden tones

cheers
Rob

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