American White Pelican

[Indranil Sircar]

Taken at Sunnyvale Baylands close to sunset. Adjusted the raw image for exposure level.

Here are the settings -

Canon 40D + Sigma 50-500 F4-6.5 APO DG HSM on Mongoose 3.5a
ISO 400, 1/160 sec, 417mm at f6.3, exp comp. -2.0.

Your comments and feedback would be appreciated.

~ Indranil
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[Alfred Forns]

Moody and a good looking image I like the looks of the bg and can only wish for a different wing position either fully up or down. Crop wise I would take some from the bottom for a more pano look !!!

[Doug Brown]

Unless you can pan with the bird perfectly, 1/160 is going to be tough for flight. Even then you'll get a sharp head and blurred wings. Push that ISO higher! Agree with Al's points too. Thanks for posting!

[Fabs Forns]

Wow, I get the impression the bird is under water!!! I like everything but the wing position. Keep them coming!

[Indranil Sircar]

Al, Doug, Fabs, thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately, this was the only shot that came out with least motion blur on the head. I was more interested in the golden light and the blurred effect of the wings... well, I will keep trying... :).

Here is the pano version as Al and Doug has suggested...

[Daniel Cadieux]

Your image is rather soft to my eye from the slow shutter speed...panning is tough at those SS...but it can be done!! I really love the BG and light, too bad the pelican's face is not crisper.

[amal sircar]

Pano-version looks better to me.