La Jolla Pelican

La Jolla is a spot in San Diego California that Brown Pelicans congregate during the early breeding season. This shot was taken on New Years day 2013. There were many males at different phases of plumage and it was interesting seeing how they developed into the fully colored male. I have many full body shots but decided to try something different. Hope you like it.

1DMKIV---500mm---f7.1---ss1/1600---ISO400---HH@8:15am---20% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. Appreciated.

David

Hi David, love the show of all the colours on the head and bill, and I do like what you have done here. Killer blues in the BG. I feel to put this over the top, showing the end of the bill will work better. :w3

I like the unconventional comp and I'll go the opposite way of Stuart and say you could have cropped even more from the top! Excellent colours, beautiful details. Good job!

Great looking frame, I think DC's inputs could work.. great colors here..

Lovely plumage and great creative thinking here. I'd go for a pano crop here. Very nice.

Beautiful colors, and a good idea for something different. Works OK for me as posted, but I do find myself either wanting to see the bill tip (which would be a different image altogether), or a little less bill per Daniel's suggestion. Details and exposure are superbly executed.

Very abstract. i really like the angles and the colors. Nice job!

I think this is wicked cool and artistic, David. I love the abstract quality, the colors, and the way you cropped it. I could see more of a pano crop as well too, but also great as is. Nice vision.

The colors and abstract comp work very well.
Nice thinking out of the box, interesting and attractive.

Thanks very much for the comments everyone.
Daniel and Lorant, Im glad you guys mentioned taking some off the top for more of a pano because I liked that version better and wondered if it would be to much or not so I posted the original version . I did some with the whole bill showing but as Bill mentioned, thats a whole different image and it didnt have the same impact.
Thanks for the help.

Great composition in repost. Wonderful colors,sharpness,lights,details and beautiful BG. Great IQ.

Regards,
Satish.

Really like the uncoventional presentation. Coupled with the good techs and bg, makes for a great image.

the repost is excellent, much better than the orig. composition wise. excellent light, details and exposure

well done

Repost rocks. A wall hanger.

Excellent out of the box crop. Interestingly as I played moving the image up, I had the same idea as Daniel; to crop more from the top. Your repost works well, David.

Thank you everybody. Appreciate all of the Comments and help.