Pelican Landing

[Lori A. Cash]

This image was taken on the last morning of the post x-mas SW FL IPT at Little Estero Lagoon. This was my first IPT and I had a blast.

Canon 1D3 with 100-400mm lens @ ISO 250, f/8, 1/1250

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome, Lori! Great timing and landing pose. There is a slight sharpening halo and maybe applying S/H might bring out more details in the shadows. I would probably crop a bit off the top.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Welcome Lori and a beautiful first post. Excellent timing and detail and the action is awesome. I agree with Axel about the cropping and also a tad more room on either side.

[Lori A. Cash]

Thanks for your comments Axel and Judy.
I agree with your suggestion of cropping. I was thinking about adding just a little bit of canvas to the foreground and maybe to the left and then crop the image.
I will also add some S/H as well.

Thanks again.

Lori

[Jody Melanson]

Welcome aboard Lori! My only nit would I would love to see this at a lower angle and maybe a bit cropped off the top as suggested.

[Maxis Gamez]

Welcome Lori,

I think you did an excellent job on this one. The wings positions are excellent and you also did well with the exposure. I would of love to see this image in a lower angle but an excellent image as it is.