Brown Pelican Early Morning

[Juan Tolentino]

I captured this image in Fort Myers Florida. Taken with the Nikon D500 Handheld and Nikkor AF-S 500/4E FL ED VR.

ISO 800
f4
1/3200
Manual Mode
Processed on LR and PS.
Cropped approx. 25%

All C & C's will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking

JT

[gail bisson]

Beautiful light and perfect for the theme.
Nice POV and HA.I like the placement of the pelican within the frame.
I like it,
Gail

[annmpacheco]

Nicely composed Juan, lovely morning light and the slight head turn is wonderful. I like the details and the water drops on the back wings. Well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Sweet light indeed! Neat that the bill-tip is touching the water. I love everything here except that I would prefer the pelican a bit more to our left in the frame.

[Isaac Grant]

Very pretty picture. Different from most I have seen of this highly photographed species and that makes me like it even more. I agree with Daniel that I would move the bird a little left in the frame.

[Dorian Anderson]

The light here is super! You could move the bird a bit left, or try a portrait-type crop depending on how much room you have at the top and bottom of the frame. The pose just pulls us
right into his eye, it's perfect,

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Juan, sweet light in this fits the theme perfectly. I like the HA, which in turn shows off the large beaks that they have. I do like the semi raised wings, and another vote for moving him to the left.

[Mike Poole]

Fits the theme perfectly, wonderful light. Nice to be low to the water, all round a very nice shot

Mike