Brown Pelican

[James Salywoda]

Brown Pelican
Southern,California

Although a bird that is very easy to photograph at the right time of the year its tough to get the banking
pose showing off the upper wing detail. These birds have such a wide wing span its easy to clip the wings from the frame.

Cropped from a horizontal to a vertical.

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 Tc

Thanks For looking

Jim

[carole wiley]

I love the pose and the crop here. You have lovely detail in the wings. I think maybe a bit of contrast boost might help bring things out, especially in the head area.

[Mark Schmitt]

I agree and that bank was captured nicely here. Gives nice dynamic to the image besides presenting the bird to it's best attributes. Good image.

[Linda Robbins]

I like the banking pose and topside view as well as the good head angle. Well captured.