Pied Cormorant

I just loved the colour of this pied cormorant's eye.

It looks lovely when viewed on black. Don't very often say that, but the colour really stands out against the black background.

[julia]

Great shot... fantastic detail in the feathers... we call these guys Shags...

[Annie D]

beautifully captured Babs

[Taffy]

Terrific capture - love that blue eye and the clarity overall.

[Chris K]

yes definitely wonderful on black, really brings the colour out

[Helen Sanderson]

Nice photo of the pied cormorant...good detail

[Richard Brown]

Nice shot the details of the feathers really stands out as well when viewed on black :)

[Yao RL]

Beautiful close shot and love the colours of the eyes, I assume the other side is the same colours. haha.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A beautiful close-up -- great detail and clarity

[ChristineL]

You're right, the colours are amazing on black. Love the detail on the feathers too.

[Lynda McG]

Lovely shot!

[AmyJ]

Cool bird!!

[Nicole Campbell]

It is a gorgeous colour

[tony gig]

Beautiful and detailed shot...Fav

[Hazel]

Fav for this great portrait of the cormorant!

[Sam]

He is a beauty!

[sally agnew]

Lovely shot Babs, it does look beautiful on black :)

[sally agnew]

@gigiflower Hi Sam, hope you had a nice Xmas Xx

[Babs]

@gigiflower Hi Sam, lovely to hear from you. Hope you had a fabulous Christmas.

[Myrna O'Hara]

wonderful and I love that bit of yellow , well done.

[*lynn]

gorgeous shot, look at that eye! fav

[Merrelyn]

Fabulous shot, Babs, great focus and detail :)

[Peter Day]

I don't know how to do that better on black thing.

[Lee]

Great detail. @peterday Just place your cursor over the image and click it.

[gloria jones]

Excellent capture and details

[carol white]

A super close up capture, great detail. Fav!! 😃

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Fisher Family]

Super close-up of this cormorant - fav!

Ian

[Shady]

great close-up - worthy of a fav

[Margo Sayer]

VHoB.

The Common Cormorant (or Shag)
Lays eggs inside a paper bag.
The reason you will see, no doubt
Is to keep the lightning out.

But, what these unobservant birds
Have failed to realise is that herds
Of wandering bears may come with buns
And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.

Christopher Isherwood

[Margo Sayer]

Oops VGoB

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely,

[Sue]

Fantastic shot

[Catherine]

A beautiful shot. Love the ripples in the water and all the colours stand out so well on black. Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Fabulous shot! It was an instant fav for both detail and color.

[Lois]

Beautiful on black! Amazing eye color!

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up and bird portrait.

[Masquerade]

Great detail - stunning portrait and I do like the colour of the eye too.

[Pam]

Wonderful close up.

[Babs]

@peterday As Lee said you just click on the picture with the cursor.

[Kerri Michaels]

so cool.. fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Islandgirl]

Lovely detail and color!

[Marnie]

Ripper Rita.

[Valerie Chesney]

Excellent capture...

[Jodie]

Beautiful capture

[Pat Knowles]

What a character!

[Jane Pittenger]

Perfect on black

[Jenfurj]

The ripples of the water in contrast are beautiful. Fav

[Babs]

@julzmaioro @annied @taffy @cruiser @hrs @rjb71 @yaorenliu @beryl @inthecloud5 @lyndamcg @nicolecampbell @tonygig @quietpurplehaze @hermann @sailingmusic @lynnz @merrelyn @seattlite @gamelee @carolmw @bkbinthecity @fishers @theboxmanreturns @craftymeg @suesouthwood @megpicatilly @olivetreeann @loweygrace @pyrrhula @maskerade @pamdavis2015 @moviegal1 @mittens @radiogirl @golftragic @happysnaps @jodies @happypat @jgpittenger @365projectorgjenfurj Thanks so much everyone for the fabulous response to this photo. Sorry for the group reply, but we are melting tonight here as it is so hot. I think I will be in bed early this evening after a very wearying day.

[Babs]

@s4sayer Lovely poem Margo.

[Masquerade]

@s4sayer So many, many years since I've seen any reference to that poem! Brought back memories.

[Dawn]

Fabulous

[Peter]

Terrific detail and wonderful colour Babs:)

[Jane Morley]

Fantastic plumage Babs, the detail is amazing.

[Lyn Todd]

you have captured great detail in this shot. That green eye really is amazing isn't it!

[Stephanie]

The colour of that eye is just amazing and the feather detail is amazing Babs, fav.