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    Default American White Pelican With Breeding Horn

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    Image captured in March 2019 at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Every winter/spring these birds are at Lake Morton for a couple of months. A wonderful experience to sit on the ground, talking softly to the birds, inching forward ever so slowly gaining their trust. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

    Nikon D500
    Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a monopod
    1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 140 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 210mm
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
    Cropped for composition and presentation

    P.S. Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide
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    Joe:

    Very soft side light giving nice detail in the feathers and that amazing bill, without harsh shadows. Excellent preening pose, great eye contact.

    I might give it a bit more space on the sides and below if you have it. Where to crop on the body is always interesting choice, personal taste in general.

    For my information, how long does the breeding horn last for?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Stout View Post
    Joe:

    Very soft side light giving nice detail in the feathers and that amazing bill, without harsh shadows. Excellent preening pose, great eye contact.

    I might give it a bit more space on the sides and below if you have it. Where to crop on the body is always interesting choice, personal taste in general.

    For my information, how long does the breeding horn last for?

    Cheers

    Randy
    Hi Randy, thanks for viewing and commenting. This article says that the horn falls off after the eggs are laid. I had to look it up.

    https://www.outdoornews.com/2019/04/...pelican-horns/
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    Another fine shot Joe. I have slight reservation over the water colour, maybe of course it was like that, we don't tend to get the colours you do over here, but perhaps adjust the Hue and saturation?

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    Love the light and color on this one. Nice pose and detail as well.

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.
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