Old Green Eyes

[*Bob*]

 

[A.Rotshtein]

Not sure about the dark background

I'm more like a "contrast guy" (-;

AR

 

[megapaws]

I think it's cool - my first impression is WOW! great detail

 

[M @ k o]

Nicely composed shot. Awesome.

 

[Mansi]

wow! wonderful shot.. beautifully exposed :thumbsup:
thanks for sharing

 

[JonK]

I love portraits like this. Very dramatic.
Exposure looks spot on.

 

[Jeff/fotog]

Very nice. This is an unusual vision of a bird and is a stunning image.

 

[rodeofoto]

Wow, I have never seen anything LIKE THIS! WOW!

Weezy

 

[*Bob*]

WoW,
Thanks for the kind words guys.
This would have been the better shot but he snapped his head back to quickly for me to reframe, and I cut his beak off. AAArrrggghhh!!

 

[TBaraki]

The detail in both of those shots is just outstanding!

 

[JEFFB]

Wow, I have looked at the first pic a few times, I have seen and taken a few pics of Cormorants, but usually thought that the bird was kind of ugly looking in photos, but I like them when I see them with my eyes. You have really captured a very different side. I had also wondered if the one you showed in your first shot was live or stuffed? because the green in the eye was so perfect I thought it might have been a taxedermy eye, but your second post answers that question. Both shots are spectacular, even if he/she moved out of the frame. Thank you very much for posting these.

Jeff

 

[megapaws]

This would have been the better shot but he snapped his head back to quickly for me to reframe, and I cut his beak off. AAArrrggghhh!!

Ouch - it looks like you did a good job of gluing it back together

 

[speciespython]

good shots...
if i hadn't seen the 2nd one, i would have sworn it was stuffed

laura

 

[*Bob*]

Wow, I have looked at the first pic a few times, I have seen and taken a few pics of Cormorants, but usually thought that the bird was kind of ugly looking in photos, but I like them when I see them with my eyes. You have really captured a very different side. I had also wondered if the one you showed in your first shot was live or stuffed? because the green in the eye was so perfect I thought it might have been a taxedermy eye, but your second post answers that question. Both shots are spectacular, even if he/she moved out of the frame. Thank you very much for posting these.

Jeff

Hi, I did wonder if people would think it was a stuffed bird because of the background, thats why I posted the second image.Actually they were taken in very intense sunlight.I spot focused on the birds head and slightly underexposed.The result was a completely black background.
Heres the exif data if anybody is interested.

D70
Flash used: No
Focal length: 500.0mm (35mm equivalent: 750mm)
Exposure time: 0.0008 s (1/1250)
Aperture: f/6.3
Metering Mode: spot
Exposure: Aperture priority
Exposure Comp: -1.5EV

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

great shot again BOB!!