A fond farewell
The last morning on Bonaire, we had a rain shower and a great rainbow afterward. This pelican was sitting so nicely on the seawall. Unfortunately, there was a lounge chair back just in front of the wall, and he was sitting with his feet on the other side of the wall. So, I shot for a portrait, and left out the legs.... Any other angle included boats in the background, as well. But how could I resist the background???
Nikon D80
70-200 2.8 VR @155mm
1/2500 @ f4.5
Beautiful Amy. Exposure looks terrific and the BG almost out of a movie set. Too bad you couldn't get all of him!!
With that rainbow sure wish you could have gotten the entire bird With a tighter crop not sure the bg would look as good
Excellent light on the bird, fine detail and feel !!! Excellent !! ..... btw did you do any goat portrait? :)
Hi Amy,
The rainbow makes it for me, a beautiful background...:cool:
Amy, nice detail on the feathers-cute pose and killer BG-Congrats!
I'm not the bird expert, but I do know a great rainbow when I see one. Fabulous!!
Gorgeous image --would have been perfect with the legs!!!
Really wonderful Amy..The rainbow and the wonderful sharp face of the bird and I hardly notice anything else
Simply beautiful, Amy.
you did the best you could with what you had and i like it!!! lots of elements to bring together. the rainbow is just the icing on the cake!!
Thanks for the nice comments, everyone. Yes - I wish I'd had more time before he flew off (got a great "The End" shot though). Unfortunately, I had someone come up and start asking questions about my lens, etc., and was a little distracted - and then he flew.
I do have some photos with his feet on the wall, but his pose is not as nice as this. I will post another one when I can post again.
Amy D.
amy, for these people we just shoot them!!:D:D:pOriginally Posted by Amy DeStefanis
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