Cormorant at Sundown

© Cary Rogers

Cormorant at Sundown

Uploaded: August 16, 2007 10:20:34

Description


Silhouette of a cormorant drying his wings. Photo taken at Crown Hill Park in Lakewood, CO.

Contrast, light adjustments, and water color, digitally altered with blended layers.

Comments

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe August 16, 2007

Very nice work Cary! Jeff #715963

Linda McLellan August 16, 2007

I love this! #4658517

Cary Rogers August 16, 2007

Hi Jeff...and Hi, Linda! Thank you for posting such nice comments. #4658875

Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 19, 2007

Awsome Sihouette and gold tone Cary #4669753

Cary Rogers August 19, 2007

Hi, Peaches. Thanks for the complimentary words! I've seen the lake look just like this, near sundown---it just didn't look like this when I took this particular photo. ;-) #4671020

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas level-classic September 21, 2007

Congratulations Cary!,
Amalia #4822815

Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 21, 2007

WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I KNEW IT!
BIG CONGRAT'S on your beautiful finalist, Best of luck in the next round!!!
I got three Cary, I am soooooo tickled!
WTG BUDDY! #4823110

Laurie Daily level-deluxe September 21, 2007

Such a cool finalist, Cary! Congrats! #4823446

Cheryl E. Molennor September 21, 2007

Awesome!! Congratulations! #4823989

Lorri Shane September 21, 2007

Congrats, Cary! a wonderful image which works well centered in the middle of the frame. Good luck! #4824437

Sam Britt September 21, 2007

Congratulations Cary! #4824491

Cary Rogers September 21, 2007

Wow! Thank you Amalia, Peaches, Laurie, Cheryl, Lorri....and Sam! I appreciate your encouraging and supportive comments! :D
Congratulations to all this month's Finalists---I haven't had a chance to go through all the Finalist pages yet. #4825429

Tarun Bose September 22, 2007

Big congrats Cary, for your excellent finalist. Namaste. #4827784

Brinn MacDougall September 22, 2007

Way to go, Cary..good luck!! #4827831

Cary Rogers September 22, 2007

Namaste, Tarun....and thank you for your all supportive comments, my friend.
Thank you, Brinn. I appreciate your encouraging remarks about my work! CONGRATULATIONS to everyone whose images made the Finalist round! #4828435

Janet McNeil level-classic September 22, 2007

Congratulations, Cary!! Beautifully done!! Good luck in round 2!! #4828971

Cary Rogers September 22, 2007

Hi Janet....and THANK YOU! #4829591

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic September 22, 2007

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4829673

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe September 23, 2007

Congrats Cary on your Excellent Finalist! Jeff #4831595

Cary Rogers September 23, 2007

Thank you, Kay! Thank you Jeff! #4832183

Marsha S. Smith September 25, 2007

Beautiful silhouette of this fella! Love his pose and your golden background. #4844978

Cary Rogers September 25, 2007

Hi Marsha....thanks for stopping by and leaving me a nice comment! #4845954

Joni Earley October 16, 2008

I am SO glad to see this pic and to finally know for sure these birds are cormorants! I have a couple shots in my gallery of one of these guys at the lake at Tomlinson Park in Arvada. I thought that's what he was, but it seemed weird they were in Colorado! Then I discovered a whole flock of them along Clear Creek a couple weeks ago.
Anyway, this is a wonderful capture..they're really interesting birds! They hold their wings out like that to dry off...they have no oils on their feathers like other waterfowl (I was informed of this in a comment on my pic..good to know! BUT, you probably already know that! You have a lot of knowledge about flora and fauna and looking at your gallery I've already learned alot about where I live!!) #6608272

Cary Rogers October 16, 2008

Thank you, Joni! Yes, we have double-crested cormorants in the area, from early spring until late fall---depending on the weather. This photo was taken at the very East end of the lake at Crown Hill. Thanks again! #6609641

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