Brown Pelican blur

[Nancy Bell]

I photographed this on the Florida IPT this past February with Denise coaching me on the in-camera blur process. The emphasis is on the pelican landing but with the head facing away is this presentation effective? All c & c very welcome.

Canon 40D, Canon 70-200 f2.8 L IS + 1.4X
ISO 200, 1/15, f20

[denise ippolito]

Nancy, I like it. The feet almost touching the water is sweet! I do wish the head were not merged w/ the wing and that you had just a tiny bit of eye detail but those wings and the high key effect are nice.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Nancy, I really like the way the wings look and the landing position is great. Nice job.:)

[Andrew McLachlan]

Nancy, nicely done. I too like that you captured this before the feet hit the water.

[Kerry Perkins]

Nice moment and the blur works really well Nancy. As Denise mentioned it would be cool to see all of that big bill but that's minor I think. There is a dark cloudy area between the wingtips that I would suggest lightening a bit. When I look at this image I think of hitting "play" and watching the pelican land. ;)

[Indranil Sircar]

Nice blur, Nancy. I like this landing motion. Nicely done.

[Paul Lagasi]

A very nice in camera blur..love the wing position and the horizontal lines on the water...TFS

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you all. This blur stuff is great fun and you can burn through a CF card quickly :)! For me I can hardly wait to see exactly what I captured.

[Christopher Miller]

Love the pose and sense of motion, Nancy. Perfect amount of blur. I agree with Denise on the head merge, but it's still an excellent image. :)