Here's a tight shot of a good looking specimen of a Brown Pelican in flight. I clipped one of the wings so I thought I'd bring it in tight. Do you think this works as presented? Thanks for the input! I had my camera set up for a different subject when this Pelican flew by; the RAW file is a little underexposed.
Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm + 1.4x, f/5.6, 1/6400, ISO 500, -1 1/3 EC, no flash, hand held
The comp works for me, Doug. You might consider cropping even more from the left. Nice light and background. You might also try a bit more sharpening around the eye.
Works great to me, Love the light, eye contact, detail and colors, but IMO in the back of the head, there's some noise (not a lot ) probably noticeable due to the crop. Congratulaitons! I love it!
Because of the ''critiquing business'' but you know pretty well, that that's the only way we can learn. You can see ''things'' in my pictures that I don't, I can see ''things'' in your pictures that you don't. As Arthur mentioned yesterday, ''It's good to have several sets of eyes around.''
Ok, too much bla bla bla. I like your image. The compo does work for me and I find the repost even better than the origanal, why? because you atended all the suggestions.