Brown Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image in September 2017 at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. The Brown Pelican is normally a coastal bird where as the White Pelican is a inland bird on fresh water lakes and ponds. This year I have been seeing Brown Pelicans inland on the lakes around Lakeland, Florida. I think the red tide that has killed so many fish in coastal waters is causing them to come inland in search of food. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 350mm
1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 900 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Arthur Morris]

A nice young bird. TECHs good but you are a bit short on head angle ... And the perch is less than ideal.

with love, artie

[John Mack]

Sweet looking bird. Like the blue water background. The pose is nice.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Beautiful Looking Bird. I think a bit more vibrance will help the image

TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Joe, looks like your PP has stepped up a great, nice one. Just watch you clipping in the darks of the tail feathers Joe, agree with Krishna, perhaps +10 of Vib and +10 in Lights in the Tonal Curve of LR.

TFS
Steve