Spot-billed pelican with nesting material

[Ajit Huilgol]

The spot-billed pelican is the smallest of the three pelican species we have in India. The lines of spots on the upper mandible is diagnostic of this species. A number of them were busy building their nests with twigs that they would pick up from the banks of a river.
Species: Spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
Location: Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India
Date: Mar, 2010
Equip: Canon 50D, Canon 300 f2.8
Specs: ISO 320, f5, 1/3200s, hand-held, from a boat

Thank you for taking the time out to look, and for your comments/critiques.

[Stu Bowie]

Ajit, I like the full wingspread, and a good HA captured too. That looks like a straw in his bill ( its so small ) Gonna need a lot of those to build a house. Maybe he's doing a thatch roof. Comp wise, I would add to the bottom, and take a bit off the top.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the action captured in this image and agree with Stuart's crop suggestion but I would also add some canvas to the right if that is possible to leave him room to fly out. Lovely lighting !!! Many thanks for sharing.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice image and nice action captured.

I like the incoming pose very much and I like the light.

If mine, I might remove the bit of branch interesecting with the wing tip so there was no merge. Small thing really.

Nicely done.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely Guruji.. nice notes above, I loved the pose and details on this...