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I’ve taken a lot of cormorants in flight and have rarely been pleased with the results as the birds are usually in the sky without any background or just flying by some uninteresting rocks. This was a rare occasion where I saw them low to the ground against the waves. Not much detail in the birds, but I like the overall scene.
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Canon R5; 100-500 at 500 mm; 1/4000 at f10; ISO 1000
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I really like the background of waves in this image, Allen. Cormorants are pretty dark birds, but the silhouette look of these seems a bit incongruous against the waves. Did you try bringing up the birds to see if you could get a bit of detail to show? If you could get something in the other two equivalent to the bit of light in the leading bird I think it would make this image even better than it already is.
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HI Allen, I like the backdrop the ocean gives for this scene. Seems pretty unique and artistic for a cormorant flight image. I like the wing positions of the birds and how their dark bodies contrast with the rest of the image.
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That’s a really nice catch of the birds with a great background, that was a beautiful surf to catch them against. The pano format does a nice job here.
I agree with @Dennis_Plank about trying to get a touch of detail on the birds; I think it would draw the eye to them a little better. In addition, any chance this has a magenta cast? Using lab colorspace values, the sky measures about +4 in the a channel. In my experience, it is usually close to 0, and while it can be slightly magenta it is more often neutral or slightly green in the a channel.
Here’s a version playing with those thoughts:
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This is a wonderful image. Wild surf and three birds giving you a wonderful artful image as they fly through the white water.
Finding a little more detail on the birds is a great idea. I really like @John_Williams take on the image.
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