White Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image this morning at Lake Morton in Lakeland. Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 260mm (390mm FFE)
1/1000 F/8 Matrix Metering +2/3 EV ISO 450 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped from vertical for composition and presentatioin

[keith mitchell]

Joe you have got some super detail and texture in the white feathers on this bird,nice soft pink and yellows in the bill.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Very pleasant image Jo. Good detail in the variede texture of the whites. Good BG too. Likre the eye contact. A fine image all around. Good kit at its best !
John

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice head shot Joe, the open beak give him a bit of a character, great exposure and details too. with soft light a nice BG

TFS

[dankearl]

A very nice profile, the whites look excellent and the BG has enough mottle to it, to hold interest.

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful portrait, Joe. Love everything about this picture. Well done.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Joe, beautiful colours throughout the image, and the detail on the whites are lovely.

Will

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait. Superb exposures in whites. Beautiful colors, great details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Great looking portrait Joe. The exposure and the feather details look perfect and I like the vivid blue Bg. Well done