{"id":109155,"date":"2022-03-25T05:24:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=109155"},"modified":"2022-03-25T05:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:35:46","slug":"double-crested-cormorants-in-flight-two-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/25\/double-crested-cormorants-in-flight-two-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Crested Cormorants In Flight – Two Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Underside and topside, close and not so close.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Cormorants aren’t the most nimble of flyers so when they take off from the water they gain elevation slowly. As a result, at this pond which is partially lined with trees, they tend to circle around the pond at least once before heading off to their destination. Doing so helps them to avoid some of the trees and that’s an advantage for me as a photographer. It gives me several chances with the bird in good light and because they’re circling, they’re banking, which provides more interesting flight postures.<\/p>\n

Four days ago that’s exactly what this cormorant was doing – banking while circling the pond before leaving the area. The bird wasn’t very close (this is a large crop) but I got some of the trees in the background, I like its flight posture in good light and the cormorant is sharp.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Only seconds earlier this cormorant was doing the same thing, except it was circling clockwise rather than counterclockwise. I have better detail because this one was closer but the bird is a little tight in the frame and already past me so we don’t have a great look at that colorful eye.<\/p>\n

With these back-to-back takeoffs only seconds apart, and the birds circling in different directions, I was really dancing around my tripod. This old man with a bad back trying to get used to a new camera was pleased with the results.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Underside and topside, close and not so close. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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