American White Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

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

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV -2/3 ISO 280 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Mike Poole]

Simple but beautiful at the same time Joe - looks almost 'painterly'. Nice details in the whites and the bird is at a good angle - whats not to like?

Mike

[Robert Kimbrell]

Well done Joseph. The whites look good with plenty of detail. Looks like you were able to get low, it make the background pleasing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot Jo, love the texture, real depth to the bird. Did you use detail extractor or just clarity or both?

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely shot Jo, love the texture, real depth to the bird. Did you use detail extractor or just clarity or both?

Hi Jon, all post processing was done in Lightroom. After minor adjustments on the original I converted the image to a 16 bit TIFF in Photoshop. Back to Lightroom with the TIFF, sharpening and exposure. Then I masked the background working on only that to get the look and exposure I wanted. Double processing the image, settings for the bird and settings for the background different. I have NIK collection on the computer but do not use it. Thank you for viewing and commenting.

[gail bisson]

Very nice Joe.
It almost looks like there is a watercolor mask on the BG.
Great POV and whites look great,
Gail

[John Mack]

Cool shot like the composition and the water.

[William Dickson]

Looks great Joe. The details on the whites stand out real good. Very well processed. Nice work.

Will