Pelican

[JP Bruce]

This pelican heard my car radio and just started dancing away. Really he was just stretching but I like the dancing idea..

40D, 300 w/2xtc, f7.1 at 1/1600 ISO 400

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, funny pose and nice setting. The BG looks quite noisy and I wish the sun would have been behind you. I also might include the entire reflection of the rock.

[Raymond Barlow]

cool shot, I like Axels idea to include the entire reflection, and to clean up the noise. I really like the light though.

[Doug Brown]

I like the photo a lot. I also like Axel's suggestions. Here's a repost that I did just for fun. How do you like it?

[Alfred Forns]

Great repost Doug !!!

I think I would go for just the rock's reflection without the foot? Love the slightly lighter bird. Also like the setting with the slight color in the water !!! Just great all around image !!!

[Maxis Gamez]

Doug repost works very well specially removing the noise but I do like it a little darker.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

I love this composition. Beautiful pose and the rock perch adds a lot of interest to this image. Like the repost with the noise removed . The touches of pink on the water with all the other contrasting colors puts this over the top for me. An image I would love to paint !!!! thanks for sharing.

[JP Bruce]

Thank all of you for your comments. Doug, I like your repost. DId you use a plug in to reduce the noise? Judy feel free to paint it if you want.
Thanks again.

[Doug Brown]

Hi JP! I used the Noise Ninja plug-in for CS3. It does a pretty good job. I'm glad you like the repost.