Flight of the Pelican

[Stu Bowie]

During my stay in Cape Town in early January, I managed to come away with a fair amount of Pelican images. Here is one set against the distant mountains of Cape Town. Taken early morning.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/3200
F/7.1
ISO 640

Hand held

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Beautiful light and exposure. Lovely pose and details. From your specs you appear to have had tons of light, but the whites are so well controlled. The mountain bg adds a nice depth to the image. Lovely image Stu.

[Binu John]

Superb flight shot of the Pelican! Love those mountains in the BG! The pose couldn't be better. Excellent exposure and light. TFS

[David Salem]

Nice flight frame Stuart. The wings down pose looks great and I really like the exposure on this one. The hills add to the BG and give it a nice touch. Well done

[christopher galeski]

very nice flight pose Stuart,sharp with good detail,nice light and BG.well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful composition and as usual the plumage detail is outstanding and just to finish it off the pose is just about perfect.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I echo all the previous comments, nice frame Stuart. Thank you for sharing.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely frame, Stuart, and I love the hint of mountain the BG. Your light was gorgeous and really show off all the feather details in the pelican.

[gail bisson]

I love this one Stu.
Great light and exposure and I love the BG mountains.
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback everyone. Always appreciated.

[shane shacaluga]

Lovely flight pose and exposure on the whites is superb! The IQ coming from that 300 and 2x is very impressive indeed

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, those mountains are an important part of the image...one that would be far different without them there. Good comp, exposure, details, processing.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful image Stuart. The details on the bird are awesome. Well captured and thanks for sharing

[keith mitchell]

Stuart I can't think of a thing you could do to improve this excellent shot.

Keith.

[keith mitchell]

Stuart forgot to mention that 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC really worked well on this plus a little help from the guy driving it.

Cheers Keith.

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful light, bird and background. The steely blue- gray color of the sky is so nice.

[Satish Ranadive]

Stuart Sir,
Gorgeous flight pose with absolutely superb exposure in whites. Rest as usual fantastic.
Love the Way it pops up against wonderful BG with mountains.

Regards,
Satish.