FAA Mandate: Birds must signal all turns!

[Randy Stout]

Just for giggles.

New FAA rules now require all birds to signal all turns to avoid mid air collisions. This brown pelican has been recruited as an instructor.

Getting tired of winter, so looking at some old images to get excited about going to Florida soon.

D300 70-200 f/2.8 at 116mm f/7.1 1/1250s ISO 400

Post : CS4 PS curves,sharpen, crop for effect.

Randy

[Ilija Dukovski]

This guy knows his hand (oops wing) signaling fro sure :)

Very nice bird, sharpness and pose. You captured the typical facial expression of these
birds very well. I like the feet (landing gear) here.

[Mark Adkins]

Very cool. Awesome pose and exposure. Too bad the right wing tips are out of focus but still very fun.

Mark

[Elsa Weber]

I personally don't mind moving wings a little out of focus, makes more sense. I sometime think the captures of moving birds with no blur on the wings just don't quite look real. Great capture.
Elsa

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Randy, The title combined with the image made me smile. Technical aspects all look good. I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks for sharing and bringing some humor into my day.

[Stu Bowie]

Randy, I like the perspective here, and love the flight posture. Good sharp detail throughout, and the pelican pops from the BG so well. Well captured.

[Krijn Trimbos]

That is too funny! :D

Love the cool pose and sharpness Randy! I believe there is a redish cast to this shot though and I would suggest to crop in a bit more from the right. Apart from that great shot!