23 February 2014

Little Black Cormorants (with a little surprise)

Remember the recent nodding White-faced Heron?

Well, here we are, you and me, back at the same place, same afternoon, this time it's all for the Little Black Cormorants.

 there's a water-taxi coming?

 which side then?

think this' them now....


yep; we're on our way boys

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41 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

you're goofy. :)

Elizabeth Edwards said...

these are some of the weirdest looking birds ever. i think they look like snake faces, sort of??! ( :

DeniseinVA said...

That made me laugh out loud. Thanks Carole ;)

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

I Carole. All shots area great however that last shot make me laugh

Bob Bushell said...

I love you humour Carole, and the photos, brilliant.

diane b said...

Hee hee great shots , great birds, great captions, great sense of humour and clever editing.

Irma said...

Hi Carole,
Beautiful pictures and fun text, you make me laugh.
Happy Sunday, Irma

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Now that gave me my Sunday morning chuckle!

eileeninmd said...

A cute and funny post. I love the captions! Great shots of the Cormorants. Have a happy week!

Phil Slade said...

Somethings just makes me think that picture is err, slighly doctored? Good fun Carole. You should enter that in some creative photography competition or other.

Gumer Paz said...

wow what beautiful black Carmoranes, Carole. How well you've photographed! Looks gesturing. It's very funny composition above the boat lol
A kiss :)

Brian King said...

LOL! Not the surprise I was expecting. I love their blueish eyes!

Montanagirl said...

HaHa! That's just funny and FUN! Good for you. Love their green eyes.

Helma said...

Great to see so these cormorants Carole and your edit to the last picture is really beautiful!

PS I'm late to respond, but I had last week, three days long course of my work and therefore did not respond to add.

theconstantwalker said...

Thanks for putting a big smile on my face xx

Anonymous said...

Nice shots.

Jeanne said...

So cute and what a great ride that came along to pick them up. Love the expressions that you caaptured. I think these birds are really quite cute. Love your humor!

Ela said...

Lovely post and beautiful birds
Greetings

Marilyn said...

Just too cute! Love it.

Jan Castle said...

Too cute....love it Carole!
Jan

Stewart M said...

Thats funny!

Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

Amazing wonders in my life said...

Nice clicks... Enjoyed your pics :)

Ida said...

Totally fun post. Such interesting birds, they are funny looking with those long necks.

Joyful said...

Very cute series of photos.

Fun60 said...

Very clever and funny.

Laura said...

Love your commentary. Are their eyes blue or is that just the way the light is hitting them?

carol l mckenna said...

Great shots ~ love them ~ thanks for the coromants beauty ~

artmusedog and carol
www.acreativeharbor.com

Carole M. said...

...it's been great to get your feedback on this one. The finale' image was fun to create. I don't have Photo Shop but I do have a somewhat aged budget version called PhotoImpactX3. It was originally put out by Ulead, and later bought over by Corel.

Knew I had a 'tinny' (boat) photo stored, so I cloned out the couple sitting in it (with their dog), erased/cloned off the identifying signage on the tinny, and replaced it with my own text to suit.

The cormorants were cropped from other photos I'd taken and then a magic-wand effect/invert, around the bird to eliminate a lot of excess, but that then meant some time-consuming tidying up of little pixels around their outline before I could save as a separate identity (object).

I guess there could have been a way to have changed the colour of the water (replaced) with the same as the colour of the water in the introductory images of the cormorants but I couldn't work out how to do that. I thought, come this far, best leave well enough alone!

And, Laura, you asked are their eyes the colour you see; well it seems to me they are, that's how they show up on each of my photos, and it's almost like a glass-marble effect, I have a feeling it might be something to do with their (eye) lens, so they can see under the water when looking for food.

Carver said...

Great shots of the cormorants.

Russell Jenkins said...

They've got such beautiful eyes and blank facial expressions. They are certainly worth a study. I often overlook them but will look out for them more.

Karen said...

Terrific shots. I love your edit too!

Anonymous said...

Ha ha - so funny and great shots too.

Birgitta said...

Such lovely birds :) Wonderful shots!

Seraphinas Phantasie said...

Hi Carol,
this is a funny post. I love the little cormorant, but I know, the fishermen are not happy with them.
Great photos !
Best regards, Synnöve

EG CameraGirl said...

Thanks for making me laugh!

Hootin Anni said...

This is so cute....and FUN!!

jp@A Green Ridge said...

What wonderful birds and words! I am your newest follower, so nice to meet you!..:)JP

Lisa Gordon said...

This is fantastic, Carole.
And definitely a smile. More than one actually!!! :-)

John @ Beans and I on the Loose said...

Oh geeze...someone has way too much time on their hands. Seriously though, I wouldn't know how to begin doing something like that. I'm impressed.

Lyngo said...

Yes Carole , it did give me a chuckle . Thank you ..

Arija said...

Loved your bird-brain banter! Well selected illustrative shots too.