Cormorant photographed through a thicket of branches. I never realized that they have blue eyes and have their head screwed on backwards! Photographed at 510mm using a TC.
Thanks, Shirley! I wish I could stop down and get rid of some background - as you suggest, it is obtrusive. I have has some conversation with my wife about a fast birding lens, maybe 500 or 600mm f/4. But, I'm not convinced that I want to lug such heavy equipment around. I think that kind of photography is for especially dedicated, patient and affluent people - not for an impoverished dilettante like me! Eb
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