American White Pelican

[Dorian Anderson]

Same bird as last post, only a few frames later in the series, after it's battled off the water and ready to go fully airborne. Those wings are huge!

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/3200 at f/5.6, ISO 400
Processed in LR CC

[kevin Hice]

Dorian another great Pelican image, great colors and the water droplets add. Dorian I messaged you.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dorian ... a super image overall , well executed .
Love the flying droplets .
Color , tones all well processed with high IQ presented .
Maybe if being very critical ... a bit tight .

TFS Andreas

[Kurt Bowman]

Love the trailing water and like the wings up position! The feet are also great in this as well as the low POV. With wings up the frame usually gets a bit tighter, but I am ok with that.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You are making me miss Desoto very sorely - it's been way too long now (thanks COVID for ruining my plans a couple of years ago lol). Good stuff showcasing the large wings and heavy-going for this bird to take off.