Juvenile shag

Gallery: AvianPosted July 16, 201146 views8 comments

This one was obviously proud of himself, head aloof, chest out, waiting for one of the parents to arrive back with a meal.

Steve
Subject: Juvenile shag (halacrocorax aristotelis)
Location: Farne islands, UK
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/f/4 handheld
Exposure: 1/1600s f/7.1 ISO200 0 stop compensation
Crop: Slight crop for presentation (original capture portrait)

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 16, 2011 at 2:42 PM

The detail in this is excellent Steve! But I also like the curved neck on this portrait and the understated natural colors. Nice work!

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Comment posted by John Robinson on July 16, 2011 at 8:10 PM

Superb detail in this one. Nice gentle pallette too.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 16, 2011 at 8:41 PM

nice details and DOF here, Steve. I agree with Kurt--nice comp and colors also.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 17, 2011 at 11:21 AM

Amazing detail that you have here. You can feel the softness of this Juvie's feathers. Color is perfect. This image is not getting the praise it deserves. Well done.

(And I almost never use these little modicons.)

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM

Thanks everyone, and a special thank you to Angela, much appreciated and like you, very rarely do I make such a bold, yet gracious comment, really great, many thanks.

Probably one of the nicest comment received in the 6 years of being on this Forum.

cheers
Steve

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 17, 2011 at 7:34 PM

Lovely portrait Stephen.
May

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 18, 2011 at 8:41 AM

Fantastic detail Stephen. Love the pose

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 19, 2011 at 2:25 PM

Excellent detail on the larger version with a nice light background to really make the shag stand out, the pose really makes this for me, wonderful close up, well done.

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