Drifting through the colours - Brown Pelican.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Estero Lagoon, February. Man, I'm still discovering and post processing images from Artie's IPT this past winter. I love the reflected colours here...different from the whites and blues that I had with virtually every other pelican image. There was one much paler vertical streak on the right side that I toned down to match the rest of the BG.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @320mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/9, ISO 400, +0.3 EC, natural light, handheld, full frame.

[Dave Mills]

Daniel, I was attracted to the colored water at Estero also. This shot is Birds as Art! To me it resembles a painting that might have been done by a 17th century master. Simple yet very elegant.

[Don Thompson]

I don't see a single thing to criticize. Beautiful!

[Roger Williams]

This is a lovely image. I really like the way the colors of the bird play against the varying shades of background. May have been able to crop a tad off the left side, but great as is. Congrats.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Lovely image, cropped perfectly for my taste. Very sharp, right on the edge of overly sharp, but not over the edge! Colors are very complimentary.

Its a beauty!

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Steve Canuel]

Great colors! Nice detail in the bird and I like the tip of the bill touching the water.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

All said. Simple and elegant. Well done mate. :)

[Stu Bowie]

Serenity at its best Daniel. Comp works well, and this is really sharp. The pelican stands out very well from the darker BG too. Congrats on an outstanding image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, mood and composition but might sharpen a bit less.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Daniel!

The very direct eye contact against the moody and complementary background does it for me. Very appealing image.