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i always get cormorants and shags mixed up.. tis one or the other
the daft bird jumped onto the rock next to me... to i presume dry out and then got soaked by the waves

Nice catch here ... I too get mixed up, but think it is a Shag.

Silk screen print that’s what jumps out at me. Then I spot the awesome touch of light on the feet and breast (always was a breast man). The archetypal shape of the bird in near silhouette leads me to discover the repeated shape in the rocks and the water. The use of the bird to jump the high contrast of the rocks and water is wonderful as is the one to two thirds framing of the contrast jump across a strong diagonal. You’ve done wonderful to hold detail in the water , and then to put the whole image behind the power and rage of the crashing sea works wonders.

The only thing I’d experiment with is to add a slight surface blur globally as I find it just a little to sharp.

Thanks for sharing

Alistair