Cormorant with a bit of texture.

He was sitting on a branch of a dead tree in the dam. The background was a new housing development which did not look very good.

[Ulrika]

makes it look a bit like a painting!! love it well done.

[Kahsia]

Your focus is right on. The background looks like a Monet painting.

[Helen Sanderson]

it looks like you popped a cormorant onto a Monet painting of waterlilies ! :)

[Taffy]

The background sets it off really well.

[Babs]

Fabulous editing.

[Connie Little]

Lovely image. The background really sets off the cormorant.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Nick]

Very nice.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely image

[Lou Ann]

He really pops from the photo, your background is very cool.

[Henri Russell]

Great editing. I still have to work on this in Photoshop a lot more.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific :)

[Milanie]

Neat processing.

[Rick]

Great shot and edit.

[amyK]

Very nicely done

[Diana]

@ulla @moonmtn @hrs @taffy @onewing @littleconnie @joansmor @nickspicsnz @ziggy77 @louannwarren @henrir @gilbertwood @milaniet @rickster549 @amyk Thanks for the lovely comments and getting it on the TP. It is much appreciated.

[Suzanne]

The water lilies look so much prettier than a housing development, so nicely done

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Diana]

@suzanne234 @elisasaeter Thanks s much :-)