[Leica] Wednesday Walk/Urban Cormorant

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Douglas:

The fourth, but I would crop away as much as possible at the bottom.

Jim

Douglas Sharp wrote:

> 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.
> 
>