Shutterbug Photo of the Day

We’ve never seen anything quite like this image by Lorenzo Cassina, which is why it’s our Shutterbug Photo of the Day. Cassina is now in the running to win a $1,000 Canon Pixma Pro-1 photo printer or a $500 Gift Certificate from LensRentals.com in our April Photo of the Month contest. Details on how to enter here.

“Getting personal with animals is a privilege for me,” Cassina writes about this image. “This Cormorant was perched in low tree branch allowing me to capture this unique close-up shot. Photographed at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Florida, where animals in distress are well cared and loved for life. I volunteer my photography to bring awareness of their noble and silent work."

He shot the photo with a Nikon D80 and Nikkor 18-200 mm lens at 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO/100.

You’ll want to see a larger version of the photo, with more detail, in the Shutterbug Photo of the Day gallery here.

If you want to enter Shutterbug Photo of the Day, post an image in the Shutterbug Photo of the Day Gallery and include your real name and some background on the image (how and where it was shot; the story behind the image; gear and settings used etc.) in the description field to qualify.

We will select one Shutterbug Photo of the Day image every month to run as a full-page feature in the magazine.