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    Default American White Pelican

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    This beauty was agreeable to sit for a head shot last year at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. I eagerly wait for these birds to arrive every year. The latest report has five at the lake now, I will be soon. 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
    1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2/3 ISO 720 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 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/
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    Perfect in my book Joe Love the soft light and all the colors. We have plenty here in Nd but very wild. I have very few shots even though I see them everyday.TFS

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    Hi Joe this does look great on all counts .
    For me me best thing is the partially sun hit bird wit the warmer tones and the rest a bit cooler
    Nice timing to get this .
    Crop / comp is kind of on the cusp of being too tight for my taste

    TFS Andreas

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    Joe:

    The lighting makes it special. Tight but effective crop for me. Nice colors on the bill.

    Well captured!

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