Hello Tim, To be brutal, the colors and silhouette are pretty cool. The structure/sign the bird is on is rather overpowering - kind of diminishes the bird. Also the head on the bird is pointed straight at us so it looks kind of like his head is cut off or something - would be much nicer showing a bit of beak.
A nice attempt and certainly worth showing. Keep it up. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, March 30, 2006, 1:23:19 PM, you wrote: TØ> Very clishéish. The Latin name is Phalacrocorax Artistotelis. TØ> WARNING! This link is not suitable for cormorant haters. TØ> http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=228023 TØ> *istDS, raw 400 ISO, Av, -1.0EV, Tokina AT-X 150-500/5,6 and Pentax AF1.7x, TØ> 500mm x 1.7, f:11, 1/500s. TØ> Tripod, adjusted contrast, cliché filter (read adjusted colour towards red) TØ> and saturation, slightly cropped, sharpened, all in RSP. TØ> Could off course been sharper. I could also lived happily without the TØ> fringing around the bird. Never the less, I'm pretty happy with it. TØ> Whatdoyouahthink? TØ> Honest and brutally. I know you are good at that, TØ> especially at being brutal ;-) TØ> Tim TØ> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) TØ> Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds TØ> (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
