American White Pelican (Powerful Take Off)

[James Salywoda]

American White Pelican
Southern,California

The other Pelican species that we have here in California during the winter. They are quite beautiful and when seen next to a Brown Pelican
you can see other body characteristics that are different between the two species other then colors. A shot I thought I would share here....


Nikon D300 AFS600 F4 1.4TC

Thanks for Looking
Jim

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great light,composition and exposure!!!

[Aidan Briggs]

Wonderful pose and good exposure. I might de-saturate the legs a bit.

[Nagesh Mula]

Beautiful James, I simply liked it a lot. Everything is good here.
I might take off some sheen from legs and beak.

[Dan Brown]

Great shot Jim! That white is very good considering the brightness (almost too bright, almost IMO) of the light. I am looking into purchasing a D300 and was hoping that you could post some exif on this shot, ISO, SS, etc. Good work.

[Tony Whitehead]

Excellent job, Jim. I really like the wing position but especially the feet and their reflections. Colours are great. Agree that reducing the reflections off the beak and legs may be good.

[James Salywoda]

Thanks for Comments and advice on shot. After looking at it in a room without alot of light I could see it was a little bright....:)
Techs 1/2000 F7.1 ISO 320

[bill kominsky]

As always Jim I agree with everyone above but will add STUNNING, great shot.

Bill

[Steve Wheeler]

Great pose and image. I like the repost.

These guys are so much fun to watch...

Steve

[Doug Brown]

I happen to prefer bleeding-edge whites as long as they're not blown, because that's what these birds look like. Beautiful specimen Jim! I like the position of the feet.