Motif: Double Crested Cormorant

Posted by Harvey Edelman on Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:06 am

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Canon EOS 1D
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Sigma 50-500 mm.
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Spot Metered off the Bird -2/3
F9.1 @ 1/1640 Sec.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:21 am

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Harvey,

The detail is amazing, the BG is nice and the preening puts it over the top. My only wish is that he had his eye opened.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:41 am

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Superb!

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by Bill Whala on Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:51 am

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Harvey,

IMO, this is one of your best!! I love the preening pose and the exposure and detail are dead-on.

For my taste, I like the eye being closed because, to me, that indicates a feeling of comfort and security. That, then is transfered to the viewer as a peaceful feeling.

I like this a lot!!

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by Neil Solomon on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:06 am

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Very nice. I like the curves and straight lines of the neck head and bill and I too like the closed eye.

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by Heather Forcier on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:53 am

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Nice! I also like the curves in this and the blue sky background. The closed eye works fine for me.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:19 am

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Fine shot, Harvey. Excellent detail and BG. I would have preferred an open eye, especially on a Cormorant.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:20 am

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Very very nice - the only thing that would make this even better would be to see the jewel eye.

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by Laura Stiefel on Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:26 am

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Hi Harvey. I'm with the others who really like the curves of this shot. I think this very nice and would be a bit improved with an open eye as it would compliment the beautiful BG.

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by joseph motto on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:25 am

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Harvey,
Agree with all of the above comments. It is a very fine photo. Was that the color of the sky? Polarizer?

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:33 am

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Love it!

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:51 am

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jdmzero wrote:Harvey,
Was that the color of the sky? Polarizer?

The sky color was darkened by using spot metering off the black on the bird at -2/3. I've found with the 1D this works all the time. Very little was done here with image editing. This is pretty much out of the camera except for a small crop and some very mild USM.

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:48 pm

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:02 pm

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Harvey,

This is very well composed. The exposure and colors look great.

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by Sheri Whala on Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:53 pm

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I love this! I like the eye just as is!

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by Jim Probst on Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:47 pm

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Harvey,

Wonderful detail and pose! Beautiful work!

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by NDCheryl on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:54 pm

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Incredible detail. I love the curve of the head and neck. One of your best. i love it.

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by LHays on Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:23 am

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The curves, colors and detail all come together for a beautiful image. I would wish for an open eye but when they preen, it's pretty hard to get. Well done.

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by Mike Wilson on Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:58 am

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Certainly one of your best Harvey. I feel like I could reach out and touch this bird it's so well presented. Sharp as sharp can be and a very interesting preening pose.

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by Paula G on Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:47 pm

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Harvey, another super cool shot. I love this one. The detail, exposure, bg and pose are all perfect. Great image, well done.

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