High-Key Pelican

[WIlliam Maroldo]

SonyA850~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO1000~1/1600sec~F7.1~manual exposure~overcast~HH~4-30-2011~Surfside, Texas~CS5
Comments and critique welcomed. Regards~Bill

[Rachel Hollander]

Bill - nice detail in the feathers and I like the behavioral pose. I would clone out the rusty nail sticking out of the perch.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steven Kersting]

I really like the treatment here.
I would probably crop the bottom up to the nail and clone the nail out. With such a large section of post in that much white area it tends to draw the eye down a bit.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Bill, I like your high key presentation of the pelican - it works quite nicely. I don't know if you intended it, but there is a slight reddish cast to the image. I'm with Steve on the crop, as I don't think you need as much room on the bottom.

I have a high key pelican that I was going to post, hope it doesn't seem like a "me too"... :c3:

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Thanks guys( and this means Rachael too). Funny thing is I processed another image from the series just before this one and removed the nail, but with this one I forgot. I agree, it has to go. Good cropping suggestion Steven.
Kerry, I did not intend there to be a reddish cast, and I see it...now. regards~Bill