I have several exposures. This was the one with coolest wing position, but as you said, no head. There are other exposures, with a lot of head/beak. I could try cloning in the head from another frame. Nobody will notice, as long as I don't say anything in public ;-)
There's not much I can do about the seamark it is sitting at. That's the place it sits when it is my part of the fjord. It's where it rests and dries up. On second thought, I could try to look them up closer to the sea... Thanks for doing what you are good at (besides making excellent photographs), being brutal ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30. mars 2006 23:43 > To: Tim Øsleby > Subject: Re: PESO: Aristocrat in Red (clishé warning) > > 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) > > > >
