Theme: Fish!... Did you say fish?

[Gerald Kelberg]

A Dalmatian Pelican with its wild eyes and wacky hair-do - photographed way back in 2011 on a wonderful trip to Lake Kerkini in Northern Greece. Despite their comical looks, they are very serious when it comes to fish!

Canon EOS 5D Mk II, EF 500 f/4L IS
1/500 sec @ f/11, ISO 800
Converted in DPP3, PS 5 for Levels and Curves adjustments, Dfine for NR mostly on the background and a touch of Tonal Contrast from Color EFEX Pro

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

I hope it makes you smile!

Gerald

[Ritesh Nangare]

Fantastic Image with great DOF, the placement of the bird in the frame is just perfect........

Regds,

[John Rowell]

Beautiful, symmetrical pose. I really like the feather detail, nice job on the whites. Because this guy is so up close and personal, did you consider a slightly tighter crop? Splashes of red and orange really top this one off. Great job.

[Marina Scarr]

This is quite the impressive frame. Love that head on look, the hair do and all those amazing details! F11 worked well here.

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot! Excellent exposure, details and DOF. Very well done.

[Mike Poole]

Certainly one to make me smile! Great expression and looks very well processed to my eye

[William Dickson]

Wow this is one great image Gerald. I love the IQ and the colours throughout. And, What a Pose

Thanks for sharing this

[arash_hazeghi]

very interesting pov with great techs. well done on this one

[Derek_Lauzon]

Fantastic shot Gerald, love the pose and details.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Beautiful pose,detais and Excellent exposure.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful and unique image! Love the color of red and orange within the whites!

[Jack Breakfast]

Zowie! What's not to like!

[shane shacaluga]

Ruffled feathers and headon view are killer on this one. Lovely details and the colour contrasts work very well

TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Very impressive portrait shot.

[Grace Scalzo]

Fun shot. The splashes of color and messy feathers make it come to life. Well done.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Thanks to all for your kind words and comments. The Dalmatian Pelicans at Kerkini are really fantastic creatures and it was a great experience to spend time with them. Even after so long I am still finding some great shots among the archives.

Thanks, Gerald