Pelican bathing

[Grace Scalzo]

Spent a fun day with Capt Shadle on the Hooptie Deux last week. He pointed out this pelican bathing and suggested some different settings.

1/250, iso200 f8
Canon 1dx, 500f4 + 2x tc

[Randy Stout]

Grace;

Always fun when out with Capt. James.

Excellent shooting angle, love the spray, slow shutter speed, sharp eye, well exposed.

I might consider a small crop from the right.

Look forward to more from your outing!

Cheers

Randy

[James Shadle]

Look at all of that movement and the head is sharp at 1/250 SS:w3.

Ditto Randy, except I'm fine with the crop because the water spray is part of your subject.

[Don Lacy]

Hi Grace, The water spray makes the image for me I can see James and Randy points when it comes to the crop if it were mine I would have gone just a tad tighter.

[David Salem]

Nice capture Grace. Love the water spraying all over and the fact that the head is sharp. Not sure about the slower shutter on the bathing scene as I really like bathing scenes with frozen balls of mercury water. Something different, kinda like a slow shutter on a waterfall. Well done

[christopher galeski]

nice image,love the spray,great low angle,and nice sharp head.

[PhilCook]

He/she is obviously enjoying ever moment of this bath, sharpness is retained in the head region nicely....amazing at such low shutter speeds well captured and I like the comp as it is

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the low angle, sharpness, composition and water drops. I like the effect on the water drops with the slower shutter speed. Excellent image Grace.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool. Love the low angle, subject's angle relative to us, and the beautiful BG. Super nice pelican image!

[Marina Scarr]

Love the action with all the water spray. If it were mine, I might try just a tad off of the right.

[Emily Norman]

Beautiful Grace! I like the crop as is. The arc of the splash is very nice. Wish I could have made it out on the boat with you guys that day!