American White Pelican

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

This image was taken last weekend at Bear River Migratory Refuge, UT


Nikon D500, 500mm f/4 +1.4x TCIII (Hand Held)
ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/3200 sec
Manual Mode, Matrix Metering, +2/3 EV


Post Processing:- Remove small distracting out of focus brown Foliage at the bottom of the image.
Neat Image, Cropping for presentation

Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[William Dickson]

Lovely detail on the bird. It pops well against the BG. I like the pose and its good to see the eye. I would try a landscape crop, giving more room in front of the bird, still showing part of the reflection, and cropping some from the top.

Will

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Krishna,, nice and sharp and I like the lazy pose. Those legs really pop with colour. Before reading Will's comment, I too thought of a traditional landscape comp.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you all for the comments. I think I deleted the Landscape version as there were too many distractions.

[Debapratim Saha]

Lovely image in sweet light with great detail.

[Dorian Anderson]

Love the exposure and feather detail. Blue and orange work well together. Crops of subjects that aren't stretched either vertically or horizontally are tough are you're inevitably left with a lot of empty space in the frame. I might lose a bit off the top and bottom to square it up a bit, but that's just me.