Pelican in full Flight

[Stu Bowie]

I only processed this image recently from my trip to Cape Town at the end of last year. Pelicans are plentiful at this location, and cant wait to get back there again in a few weeks time. The BG is the back of Table Mountain, a world famous landmark in Cape Town. One can only see the ' Table Top ' viewing from the front of the mountain. Taken early morning, and I have reduced a bit of the yellow cast from the early light, but still retained some to show the light.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300 F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 400

Hand held

[christopher galeski]

spot on Stu,good exposure,sharp,you could cut your fingers if you stroked it,nice BG,well done.

[keith mitchell]

Excellent work Stu,backdrop of table mountain I'm green with envy,hope you have a good one on your next trip.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Works for me. I like the full up wing position. Interesting to see the two growing primaries.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Stu, really 'pops' against the muted BKG, like the detain in the up wing, they must fly quite close here?

TFS
Steve

[William Dickson]

Lovely looking frame Stu. The bird looks good against the dk colours on the BG. Very nice details as usual

Will

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback guys.

[nick clayton]

Super light and good wing position, the bird stands out nicely from it's background.

[David Cowling]

Wing position, exposure, sharpness all super. I love the way that the bird stands out from the background.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the wing position, exposure, sharpness, BG and composition. Excellent image Stu!

[David Salem]

Nice pose and great deals in the whites. The morning light really looks great and I like the BG colors. Well done Stu