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Cormo Air (14)
SchwebagMike Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 52 W: 0 N: 53] (427)
I'm posting something very different today! More some kind of an experiment. I took this picture of flying cormorants last weekend and really liked a lot the distributon of the birds. What was however awfull was the dark grey sky.

This shot is not heavily PP, but what I tried here is basicaly the result of a drastic change in white balance (the orginal was in RAW) and givng the shot more saturation and contrast.

About the title: the idea for the title and the background colorwas inspired by the German Lufthansa Airways, whose yellow-black logo is quite similar. Since 1926 Lufthansa uses the Crane in it's logo and is therfore known as "Kranich-Air" (Crane-Air).

What do you think about the result ?
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SchwebagMike Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 52 W: 0 N: 53] (427)
Extending the Photo
Edited by:K9madtex Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 129 W: 73 N: 283] (1018)
In PS/CS2 I used clone tool to extend the photo to the left giving the ducks somewhere to fly to. I cropped some of the right side. I used the blur tool to reduce some of the noise, but I had to be careful near the ducks...no one wants a blurry duck.