American white pelican

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10394196-lg.jpg

40D. 400 f/5.6 at f/6.3. iso 400. 1/1000. fill flash.

Do you think more room is needed at top and a little less below? I wanted enough room for virtual feet and then some more.

I have kept the whites really white....so here's a question for you experts. When you have a white bird directly sunlit, how bright do you usually keep the whites? 240+ or 230-240 or 220-230?

Thanks in advance.

[Harshad Barve]

KD
Lovely pose , nice control on exposure , sharpness and details , Compo as posted works very well for me
TFS

[Allen Sparks]

I like this as posted as well. the feather detail with all that white is terrific.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, angle and exposure control. The composition looks good to me as presented. If anything maybe a very slight crop off the bottom.

[David Thomasson]

What a wonderful pose! That makes the image.

I would add a little canvas at top and right, and trim some of the bottom. The whites have a blueish cast; setting white/black points will take care of that. Great capture!

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8396/pelicanw.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3130/pelican2.jpg

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful preening pose with nice BG and good details. I also see a subtle cast which has been eliminated in the repost. TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx everyone. David...thx for taking the time. I am bad at casts...ur repost is a big improvement.

[Arthur Morris]

The whites looked fine to me in the original until David improved them. Here is a very fine point. Had the bird's head been perfectly square to the back of the camera you would have seen a bit more of the colorful skin on the neck.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx Artie