photoartflightCormorant Portraits, Sunning On Treetops
We saw a quite a few Cormorants sunning on the top of trees as we were walking the trails on our trip to Lake Woodruff NWR. The featured image was taken with a 300mm f/4 lens. I liked the strong sunlight on the Cormorant enabling more detail in the dark black bird. The images here were 2 different cormorants from different tree branches.
Additional Cormorant Images:
Cormorant @ 273mm
Cormorant @ 375mm
Cormorant @ 375mm
Cormorant @ 375mm
Cormorant @ 309mm
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Beautiful portraits, Reed, they have such a gorgeous eye!
Thanks Donna! They are interesting and fun to photograph!
Lucky for you that these cormorants seem to have been pretty obliging.
They were on branches near the top of 2 different trees that were that were next to each other. So they probably felt pretty safe up there.
Those amazing eyes really sparkle in the sunlight and in your photos, Reed.
Thanks Mike! I was using a Canon R which does very well especially with dark or black birds. The files have amazing & fine detail compared to other Canon cameras I own! Especially with the R raw files!
Wow, beautifully detailed!
Thanks Greta! I was using a Canon R on these and it has amazing detail in the Raw files! Especially on dark or black subjects!
The light is beautiful, Reed! Tack sharp!
Thanks Belinda! The Canon R Raw files are amazing. Lots of shadow detail and very clean files. Better than any of my other Canon Bodies. You just have to get used to other issues!
Nice captures, Reed. They are looking quite handsome and love those blue eyes.
Thanks Steve! They were fun to photograph!
Nice portraits, Reed. Those blue eyes are dazzling!
Thanks Eliza! They do have interesting blue eyes!
Love those gem-like turquoise eyes!
Thanks! They are fun to photograph! And their eyes are very cool!