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    Default American White Pelican

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    I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Recently I worked it up using Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017. 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
    1/1000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +2/3 ISO 450 AWB
    Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
    Cropped for composition and presentation
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    Gorgeous and technically perfect. Love the shade of blue background and the open bill. Was the bird up on a perch?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Gorgeous and technically perfect. Love the shade of blue background and the open bill. Was the bird up on a perch?

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    Hi Artie, welcome back. The bird was resting on top of a concrete wall at the lakes edge, nothing attractive about the wall. Thank you for viewing and commenting.
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    You keep amazing us with great portraits of beautiful specimen, Joe. Nice detail, sharpness, blue sea BG. TFS.

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    Nice work,Joe. Great pose, comp, exposure, BG. Well done.

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    Great pose you have here Joe. Love the open mouth and eye contact. Nice whites.

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    Great portrait, Joe. Very nice pose, detail and BG.

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.
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