Green Eyed Monster...

40D, 400/2.8 + 1.4, 393 upon tripod
ISO640, 1/80 @ f8, -1/3EV
ACR5, resize & sharpen CS4.

Well not really a monster.... Came across this accomodating Cormorant whilst walking to the Water Vole site, as long as I stayed close to the vegitation near a path I was allowed a relatively close approach, in fact move any closer the bird moved away to keep exactly the same distance, move away and it moved back again.

Whilst not an image I would normally take I decided it would be nice to get images highlighting the eye and was rewarded with this yawn.... May be not critically sharp but that is down to my poor technique at lower shutter speeds, whilst most of the rest of the country seemed to be basking in fine weather over Easter the south east was mainly grey and dreary...

All the best

Phil

Like it Phil, very nice to catch the bird mouth wide open too.
Cheers
Brian

Beautiful eye on these birds, like the beak action, nice colours to the face, well done

The colour of the eye on these birds always fascinates me, nicely captured Phil.

Regards
Terry.

Smart bird love all the detail.

Major.

great image Phil, a bird i have always found tricky too approach

certainly looks sharp at low res. Very nice Phil, the eye and pose really add to the image.

Matt

Nice portrait Phil, well captured.

Greg

Even better than you described Phil. Very nice indeed, gorgeous eye colour!

Fran

Already said, It is a cracker.

Hi Phil,
This certainly works for me and the yawn is the icing on the cake.

Hello Phil

Looks good to me and I dont think you could have asked for a better portrait.