Brown Pelican Taking Flight

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at my most recent journey to Ft. De Soto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 360
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Noel Heustis]

Hey Joe, I like the detail around the shoulders and the action of the take off here. It's not the easiest thing in the world to get the sun and the wind to line up for these shots. The crop may be a bit tight. One thing I've noticed in my own attempts as well as this shot is that these birds are very large for the DOF provided by ƒ5.6...maybe 6.3 or 7.1 to get the tip of the bill in focus.

[Glenn Pure]

Great head-on shot, Joe showing nice detail on the bird and an effective simple setting. I like the water being churned up too. Tight composition seems to work well here too. While detail is good where it counts (face and front of wings), a touch more depth of field wouldn't have hurt either. Nice work all the same.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Noel and Glenn, thank you for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.