Pelican Portrait

[Simon Bennett]

Australian Pelican photographed near Nowra, New South Wales.

Canon EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm f/4 IS, 580EX flash, Av, AutoISO, ISO 250, 1/200, f/8, EC +2/3, FEC -3. Full frame, eye lightened a bit and catchlight enhanced. Raw converted via DPP to PS.

File Name SB_017978_Nowra_NSW.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.7
Shooting Date/Time 4/10/2009 7:26:19 AM
Author Simon Bennett
Copyright Notice Simon Bennett
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +2/3
ISO Speed 250
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 200.0mm
Image Size 5184x3456
Image Quality RAW
Flash On
Flash Type External E-TTL
E-TTL II flash metering Evaluative flash metering
Flash Exposure Compensation -3
Shutter curtain sync 1st-curtain sync
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF
AF area select mode Manual selection
Picture Style Neutral
Sharpness 0
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0:Disable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
File Size 24022KB
Dust Delete Data No
Drive Mode High-speed continuous shooting
Live View Shooting OFF
Date/Time(UTC)
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
Geographic coordinate system
Camera Body No. 0230104890
Comment

[Ramon M. Casares]

I wish you could've gotten a little higher, but I have never seen this Pelican species before and I think is the most wonderfull of all!! Please post some full body images :)
Nice level of detail, colors, comp, sharpness, soft light and DOF. Big congratulations!

[Harshad Barve]

lovely details , pose , sharpness and compo , agreed with Roman about angle
TFS

[Paul Randall]

Nice detail in this shot (water beading on neck is a nice touch) and the flash work and exposure looks spot on.
If it was mine I would add a bit of saturation to the pink parts of the beak. Just a thought.

[Rob Drummond]

Wonderful detail Simon

cheers
Rob

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good portrait, and I like the subtle colouring. I too like the water beeding. I may raise the colour temp a tad here.

[Kiran Poonacha]

The 7D sure works well, loved the colours and details..

[stuart wanuck]

great image but next time you need a ladder really nice

[Joe Senzatimore]

I cast my vote for a higher angle as well. The light and detail are magnificent.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Using a longer lens would have given you a less steep-appearing angle of view, which is what I find noticeable. Lovely details indeed. :) If it were mine, the two flash spots at the bill tip would be gone. :)

[Sid Garige]

Beautiful image. Nice shooting angel and composition.

[denise ippolito]

I think it's a cool perspective and the details are really nice. I like the soft blue complimentary BG.