American White Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image yesterday at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -2/3 EV ISO 280 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Colin Driscoll]

Joe, nice looking bird and the whites are good. A bit high in the frame though and maybe could be a bit tighter.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Joe, nice looking bird and the whites are good. A bit high in the frame though and maybe could be a bit tighter.

Hi Colin, I think I was changing the posted image as you were commenting. Sorry if I mixed you up with your comment. Thank you for viewing and commenting.

[Colin Driscoll]

Much better Joe, now people will wonder what I was talking about!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Much better Joe, now people will wonder what I was talking about!

Hi Colin, I wouldn't want that to happen, so here is my original post that you commented on.

[stuart wanuck]

nice whites like second image better

[Daniel Cadieux]

A beautiful subject. Nice blues and greens in the water. Sharp details. A bit better head angle would have been great, as well as having the subject lower in the frame. I also find the image a touch bright overall - perhaps deepening the midtones would work well to added some punch.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting, and suggesting improvements. Very much appreciated...

Daniel, here is an edit and repost with your suggestions... I like it.