Brown Pelican

[Glenn Conlan]

The santa ana winds brought clear morning light to our local beach preserve. The fish were plentiful making great action up close. D4 200-400mm at 370mm, Iso 640, F5.6, 1/4000 sec. Thanks for looking. Had to add canvas on all sides to give some space around the bird.

[Bill Dix]

Fabulous flight pose. Great color and detail. For me, it could use a bit of room in front, although I'm not sure how I'd do that while avoiding a square format.

[Glenn Conlan]

Thanks Bill, I had a hard time trying to figure out how to crop this, not a fan of square either but it might be the right choice.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a terrific shot of a fairly common bird and you've managed to show us something different. Love the vibrancy of the colors and the feeling of movement. I might try a bit more on top and left.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful looking image Glenn. I like the crop as is, lovely detail and colours throughout.

Will

[dankearl]

Nice comp and excellent details......

[gail bisson]

Beautiful IQ and I quite like the comp you chose!
gail

[shane shacaluga]

I too like the comp as is. Good details and BG complements this very nicely.

TFS