Pelican landing

I have gone back in my files to find posts to see me through until the weather is less unpleasant; trying to stalk birds in temperatures hovering around 100f is beyond me. This is a brown pelican coming in to land on a dock on Asena Key by Cedar Key in Levy county, Florida. It was one of the last pictures I took with my D80, using a nikkor 70-300mm f4 lens, and apart from cropping out the edge of the dock, it is unmanipulated and the bird is wild, although they are used to people in this area.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5172/5...409c2792_z.jpg

1/250s, f8, ISO 400

Gillie:

Nice high key pelican image, sharp, well exposed. I like the subtle hints of clouds and blue in the BG. I also like the comp.

Look forward to more, and welcome to BPN!

Cheers

Randy

Thank you Randy :S3:

Welcome to BPN. Excellent landing pose captured.I like the square composition.Loved the wings,colors and nice details.

Very nice. I like the square comp. The BG is lovely with the clouds (?or water) and the blue.
Tack sharp for a SS of 1/250 or is that a typo?
Gail

Absolutely was a typo! It should read 1/1250s! I must take more care.

Loving the finer detail in this and subtle colors, square crop and placement in the frame works very well, great work on this one

nice image,sharp and good details,like the pose.thanks.