The approach.

[Tom Rambaut]

Australian Pelican and an approaching storm.

7d, 500mm, 1/5000 @ 7.1, 400iso, -1/3 EV

Thanks Tom

[Arthur Morris]

Love the mood but not the too-centered COMP. Spent 15 min on the not very good repost--too few pixels but it might give you an idea. IQ is low with the bird not real sharp. My we see the full frame original please?

[Tom Rambaut]

Agree with the comp issue. Here is the original image converted in ACR with no sharpening. I looked at the AF points activated and there are two active, one on the left wing and the other on the chest of the bird.

[Paul Randall]

Agree about the slightly too centred comp. Taking a sliver off the left and bottom of frame might remedy it :S3: Bird looks great amongst the clouds like that :w3

[Arthur Morris]

Agree about the slightly too centred comp. Taking a sliver off the left and bottom of frame might remedy it :S3: Bird looks great amongst the clouds like that :w3


With the bird already a bit to the right the best cropping option might be from the right and the bottom....

[Tom Rambaut]

Had a rethink. I think this is better but I do like the scale of the first image with the clouds. Added a bit more sharpening to the image.

[Arthur Morris]

Lots of cropping options. The bird looks much better here. (:Thanks BTW for posting the original.) As per my 7D User's Guide (https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=285) 19-Point Auto Select would have allowed you to come up with an off-centered subject in the field and enjoy the wider expanse of clouds....

[Tom Rambaut]

Always learning things on BPN.