Great White Pelican

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

I am still browsing my old files and playing with Aperture. Nice to have it again :)
I have already posted some images from my last year trip to the Danube River Delta, Romania, Eastern Europe.
The boating in the lagoons are fantastic and providing nice chances to get closer to the birds. This image was taken in a very early light of a Great White Pelican taking off.

Unfortunately I could not use any tripod equipment so I had to handhold the 600mm :D I tried to do my best to fix it.

Danube Delta, Romania, Eastern Europe l August 2008
Canon EOS-1D Mark IIN l Canon EF 600mm f/4.0L IS USM
ISO 250 l f7.1 l 1/1600 l -0.7ev l cropped for compo l Aperture 2.1.3 & Photoshop CS4

[Ramon M. Casares]

Amazing light, exposure, pose, comp, nice BG/ambient, I only wish to see it bigger :)
Congratulatinos!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, landing pose, and BG. I agree that it would be great to see a larger image.

[Aidan Briggs]

Love the light, pose, and water droplets. Ditto on the image size.

Well done!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Another vote to see it bigger! Apart from eliminating the brighter reflections on the flank and bill this is superb as is...great habitat. Great techs too, very well done.

[Fabs Forns]

Although I'm not a fan of the wing position, I like the habitat and light very much, well done!

[Stu Bowie]

Well timed for the take off, and love the trailing droplets. Good exposure too.