Dive, Dive II... Brown Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

Here is the same pelican as in my previous thread. This image is taken just before it hits the water. Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition. Canvas added at the bottom ( almost clipped it's bill ).

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF shot at 300mm {450mm FFE)
1/2500 F/8 ISO 800

[Karl Egressy]

Nice action shot, Joe.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Nice, clear action shot - well done Joseph!

[christopher galeski]

very nice diving shot,sharp with nice detail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

That is an amazing pose! Love those feet and poised dart form. Nice canvas extension too as it is seamless. A bit hot on the white head though, I'd see if you can tone that down in raw conversion...

[Arthur Morris]

Timing and pose excellent. Nice job on adding canvas below. Ditto the too bright WHITEs on the head. Can they be recovred?

[Grace Scalzo]

Great action captured with the feet curled and the droplets. Hope you can fix the whites!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thank you all for viewing, commenting and offering suggestions to improve my image. I toned down the hot white spot on the head using a negative highlight adjustment with the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 5. Here is the revised image.

[Arthur Morris]

Looks way better. Love the look on the bird's face.