Double-crested Cormarant

Gallery: AvianPosted May 16, 201141 views5 comments

I finally got a chance to check out the local heron rookery and discovered some new neighbors. The light was on again, off again but things came together pretty well for this image. I added some canvas above and cropped some from the bottom ending up very near the original full frame size. C and C welcome.

1D4, 500f4 1.4x, iso 800, 1/1500, f8, manual exposure, handheld in kayak

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5 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 16, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Nice flight shot. The detail is very good. You can see the color of the eye nicely also.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 17, 2011 at 3:01 AM

VERy tough to catch these darts in flight, and also a tough exposure - both handled very well!
Great pose and eye, as well.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 17, 2011 at 7:13 AM

Nice light to get detail in many of those dark feathers Keith. I like the wing position and the flight angle. Nice job getting the cormorant pretty much FF. Perhaps slightly tight on the left? I'm always shooting some other species when one of these birds happens by unexpectedly and I seldom get the exposure right.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Luca Mussato on May 17, 2011 at 3:31 PM

well done from the technical POV, compositionally i think it is too tight to the left side. Great details, especially in the larger version.
Cheers, Luca

Registered on November 14, 2006, 118 Posts, 855 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on May 18, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Keith,
Tough bird to expose for. You did well. I like the angle of this and the details are pretty good considering how fast these guys fly. And all from a kayak? Well done Keith. Only nit would be the tighness on the left. I would add some canvas here.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments