American White Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. These beautiful birds are at Lake Morton every winter, sometimes over a hundred. I am checking reports on ebird for the first arrivals. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 280 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
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 https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe ... very very very good IQ .
Superb processed ... very well done .
All works for me , no nits

TFS Andreas

[Arthur Morris]

Love the early morning light there and the killer BLUE bkgrnds.

with love, artie

[Daniel Cadieux]

You really created quite a successful pelican portrait here Joe! Very nicely done.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.