Brown Pelican flight with reflection

[Bob Blanchard]

Another dead day at Ding on Saturday. Reduced to working a few Brown Pelicans that were flying around. I liked the reflection on this one. Water was perfect for it.

Canon 50D, 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L Zoom at 340mm (ring locked) and IS mode 2, ISO 200, 1/640, + 1/3 EV, hand held panning

[joel quenneville]

Well done here. The pose is perfect with a good head angle and wing positon. The reflection is what really makes this one. I would run some NR on the reflection and add a tad more saturation.

[Tony Whitehead]

Well caught, Bob. Love the pose and symmetry with the reflection. Agree re a little more saturation and maybe a tad more sharpening on the bird.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love it, great pose and that reflection is stunning! Love it. Congratualtions!

[Bob Blanchard]

Here it is again with more saturation and sharpening: