B52 Brown Pelican

[Kirk Benson]

First day out in about a month, sure was good for the soul. Fortunate to photograph this very active Brown Pelican.

D300, Nikkor 70-300 VR-II @ 300mm, 1/1600s at f/5.6, spot metered, Auto ISO 280

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose, light and splash. The pelican looks a bit oversharpened on my monitor.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp indeed. With the bird angling towards you the merge of the bird and the splash is distracting. Perfect light angle.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Kirk,

Good action and timing. The image looks over sharpened.

[Harold Davis]

cool capture. i like the action!! nice job.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Excellent timing and beautiful lighting. I really like the agle of this capture and the good eye contact. Thanks for sharing Kirk.

[Kirk Benson]

Thanks for all of your comments, you're right it is over sharpened, I always struggle with this. I don't own CS3, I use Capture NX for all PP and I need to learn how to effectively sharpen my images with USM and other tools. Does this look any better or still too sharp?

[Haim Ziv]

Beautiful image and great timing.