San Diego #1; It's Good to Be Back

[Arthur Morris]

It's great to be warm in San Diego. This California Brown Pelican was photographed with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stop: 1/160 sec. at f/13.

Don't be shy; all comments welcome.

ps: To read about what happened to my brand new Mrk IV and my bald head, read the January 12 blog post here: www.birdsasart-blog.com

[LouBuonomo]

Super details !! Well the MK4 has been christened !!

Safe travels,
Lou

[Sid Garige]

Excellent job Artie. Perfect eye contact with both eyes. Excellent details too.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I am not the guy that usually goes "wow.. ahhh" easily, but I have to say that I have loved this shot, it is very powerfull, and the level of detail, light, and colors are IMO amazing. Big congratas Artie! Wow! :D

[Mark Adkins]

Beautiful. So I presume conditions are favorable for photographers at La Jolla this year?

[Todd Frost]

Colors and detail are great. Presentation is outstanding! TFS
Todd

[Nevil Lazarus]

I like it - and the F13 was well chosen..

[Krijn Trimbos]

A very nice shot Artie, I love the straight on stare and detail captured. The comp is working as well, for some reason I keep looking back to the red pouch though which takes away my attention from the stare......As such I am wondering if a more symmetric shot with no pouch showing would be better. Thanks for showing!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Well done Maestro! I like the intensity here. Good comp too. Centering works well. :)

[Ron Caswell]

Excellent image Art, I like the rule of thirds with the eyes and the stare is great, Exposure looks spot on. Ron

[Myer Bornstein]

Great stare he looks like a mean fellow and wants to attack:D

[Grace Scalzo]

Graphic lines and simply a fun image to view.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Artie, I find it quite amazing how you find newer compositions of subjects you have shot tons of times before. loved the crop and the details a lot. The compression created by the long focal length( what I am saying is that the beak is sloping towards the camera but it appears to be in the same plane as the eyes) makes this image very special.

[James Salywoda]

Really a great composition Artie I really like the stare. Well Done!

[david cramer]

Hope your head and camera cleaned up nicely. I didn't know that was a sign of good luck, but I sure hope it's true!

Great pose with good color and detail. To my eyes, the eyes could use more sharpening.

[Arthur Morris]

Beautiful. So I presume conditions are favorable for photographers at La Jolla this year?

Quite excellent right now. The majority of the birds are a week or two away from prime color but I have been seeing a few more killer birds each day.

[Morkel Erasmus]

now this is truly a bird as art.
great composition and vision, Art.
:)

[Ted Willcox]

"Here's lookin at you" Nice composition. Here is where you want your subject centered.
Ted