Endemic to coastal Peru and Chile, this large pelican is almost twice the bulk of our Brown Pelican. An opportunistic bird like most pelicans, he often frequents fishing harbors such as this one in Lima where I captured this image on a foggy morning last June. It's for that reason that I rather like the fishing boat, to give the image some context, although I suspect some will find it a distraction. Either way, let me know what you think. Full-frame image, with little PP except some Levels to pull him out of the fog, and USM.
D7200, 500f4, ISO 3200, 1/1250s @ f/6.3 manual, gitzo and mongoose.
This is a high key shot that I love! The boat seems to add something to the image that most high key shots don't have ... a bit of a sense of scale and position/perspective. Great choice!
Love the boat but would have loved a wider view to include at least some water below the hull. The dark tones could go brighter. My NIK CEP 50/50 recipe would be perfect for that. a
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Thanks Artie. Yes to the boat. In retrospect this was a setting where a large zoom lens would have been ideal. My first stab at processing this one did have the dark tones a little brighter, but to my eye it felt like it needed a little more pop to pull him out of the fog. Thanks for looking.