This is the third in the series of the pelicans I have posted here. After three days of trial, I finally got one that was just about to enter the water. I could have gone lower but then I do not have the top view of wing span. Settings were -
40D, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm hand held
1/1250 sec, f/8 Mode: Av Exp comp: -2/3 ISO: 400
Workflow included adjusting level, curves, saturation, selective colors and removing color cast followed by selective sharpening. I would like to get your feedback on the composition and if anything else could have been done better.
~ Indranil
Last edited by Indranil Sircar; 12-21-2009 at 08:15 PM.
Its well captured Indranil,
I like the diving pose, caught just in the nick of time before the big splash...you have good color rendition and sharp feather details...I like the blue hue of the water...:cool:
I like your choice of including the top wing span, the sharpness and feather details, the composition looks good to me too. I really like how the tip of the beak is just touching the water surface and the water reflection on the beak. I just wish the eye is more visible but not sure if that is possible with diving pose.
Like this a lot - Big congrats - whilst the eye is only just visible the strong shapes and pose make up for it - IMHO.
Id be tempted to crop some of the negative space from the bottom, my eye tends to wander down there - doing so would bring the focus back to the main subject.
:)
Brown Pelican #3
