Straight Down the Barrel: Brown Pelican

[David Pugsley]

Photographed at Ft. DeSoto, FL. This particular bird was enjoying the morning light and preening like nobody's business. As if he suddenly realized I wasn't part of the natural environment he gave me this stare. It took him a fraction of a second to understand I meant him no harm and he went back to preening.

Cheers
David

1D MkIII
500 f/4 + 1.4x
1/640 @ f/10
EV +1/3
ISO 400

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y239/FLS2K/bpStare_2.jpg

[Randy Stout]

David:

Very strong image graphically, like the base provided by the trunk and partial wings. Sharp, well exposed. The multi toned background works well for me, but I would cover up the small patches of blue at the very top.

Signature is OK, but the graphic is very distracting.

Cheers

Randy

[David Pugsley]

Two good points Randy, thank you.