Reduced to its essence, photography is all about light and shadows. Sometimes details are not even necessary to evoke a mood, a sense of the moment, as in this image of a Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) that I captured this past Friday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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Great composition with the shadows on the ripples.
Thanks, Dan. I was shooting pretty much directly into the sun, but when I saw the cormorant in the distance, I instantly knew that I wanted to capture its image and I am quite happy with the result.
gorgeous composition!
Thanks, Jodi. Although I generally strive for realism, there is a part of me that loves to take “artsy” shots.
Nice one.
We’ve had a Reed Cormorant visit our pond on a couple of occasions – bang in the middle of suburbia!
First time it popped by it went for a swim and ate all the baby fish we had bought from a Koi show the day before.
Yikes. Cormorants are fun to watch, but probably less so when they are eating your fish.