California Brown Pelican

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in La Jolla, San Diego, California couple of years back.

Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D500 500 f/4
1/2500 sec; f/4.0; ISO 400
Aperture priority, Matrix metering




Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P
No Cropping
Sharpening for Presentation
Cloned highlights on the bill




Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna

[kevin Hice]

Nice image and love the blue colors in the background.Nothing to pick here for me Krishna. Loved your Western sandpiper too especially the colors. TFS

[Alex Becker]

Great pose and rich colors. Exposure looks pretty good, but I think you could get a bit more detail out of the blacks as they just look a little heavy currently. I like the look its giving you. TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hey Krishna, like the pelican portrait. The blue background compliments it well. Looking at the image I wonder if there is not more detail in the black, on my display it appears a tad choked. Thank you for sharing.

[John Mack]

Classic pelican portrait. Killer blue background. Nice and sharp.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you all for the comments. On my home monitor the backs look good, but on other monitor it looked a bit dark.

Here is repost at higher resolution.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, the repost has much better blacks. I love pretty much everything in this portrait, but I do wish the eye was more open. Good stuff though!

[Dorian Anderson]

This is really nice! The repost opens the blacks perfectly. I actually like the squinty eye, it makes him look like he's curious or hungover or something! The detail across the face and head are really nice!