[Leica] Wednesday Walk/Urban Cormorant

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

#4, I think, is a keeper but with a tight crop on the bird to get rid 
of all that guano.

Dick
Boston MA

>Hello all,
>the weekly wednesday walk along the canal.
>Not often we get one of these on the canal, although the guano shows 
>that it must have been his perch for quite a time.
>
>I've posted 8 shots of the cormorant (well I think it is 
>one),unfortunately the grass and reeds on the canal bank obscured 
>the view a little
>(very steep, and I'm not going down there with a duff arm, or at 
>least getting back up might be a little difficult)
>.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3270_edited_3 
>Wing Drying (Cormorants are not waterproof)
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3271_edited_2_001 
>He's noticed I'm there , I sneezed
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3273_edited_2 
>Preening under his wing
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3269_edited_2 
>Very elegant pose, wing and tail feathers spread
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3268_edited_2 
>More or less the same , less wing and more tail
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3265_edited_2 
>Balancing on one leg
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3264_edited_2 
>Preening his breast feathers
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3264_edited_2 
>Alert and watching
>
>some are quite similar (apart from being the same bird)
>Please let me know which ones to crop, throw out, darken , lighten, 
>sharpen or whatever.
>cheers
>Douglas
>
>Shot with the 20D and a Novoflex 5,6/400 at f5,6 or f8 under the 
>extreme difficulty of having my left arm in plaster from wrist to 
>shoulder, but it makes a good lens support.
>If this is his daily vantage point I'll go back tomorrow with a 
>tripod and a 600mm too.
>
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Regards,

Dick