Australian Pelican preening

[Colin Driscoll]

Yet another of my yard birds.

50D 100-400/400 1/500 f9 iso160 0ev HH

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh296/MyPikkies/My%20Yard%20Birds/AustralianPelicanPreening.jpg

[Harshad Barve]

lovely pose , expo , details
horizontal image ( like 18 x 12 ratio ) will look great IMHO
TFS

[Randy Stout]

Colin:

Nice yard.

Nice exposure control, sharp, preening pose. Amazingly big pupil in this light. Good DOF to keep entire bird sharp.

From a comp. standpoint, nice as is. Might consider a bit more room below (virtual feet), and crop in a bit from left( ~20% of free space). Just an option.

Randy

[Brian Barcelos]

I agree with Randy on comp,def will look stronger with a more vert. comp. Love the ruffled feathers and look back. Very lovely image, Congrats

Brian

[Connie Mier]

I agree with above, I think this would work well in vertical. Your Australian pelicans are very interesting, those eyes are amazing.

[Kiran Poonacha]

another vote for more space at the bottom, loved the pose and light here, congrats..

[Mital Patel]

nice light and head angle. bit bright for my taste thought. also for composition i think this becomes to square. eaither harshad's suggestion or may be some space on top may add more artistic framing to this already well captured artistic form of the pelican

[Daniel Cadieux]

There are a few comp possibilities here - a few of them mentioned. I'm OK with this presentation. Good preening pose, I like the ruffled feathers. Randy, I'm not sure about the pupil comment...the yellow is bare skin around the eye and not a yellow iris :-)

[Rob Drummond]

Nice ruffled plumage Colin

cheers
Rob

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Space on bottom and crop from left Colin. :) This format does not work for me unfortunately. But I love the pose and clarity. Well done mate. :)

Randy, their eyes are dark. See this (http://www.dear-animals.com/images/PELICAN_eye_H100293.jpg).