Pelican fly by

[Grace Scalzo]

From our chilly trip to Florida over Christmas. This was from the Sanibel Fishing pier where the wind was gusting and people were wearing winter coats. (I wish I had mine!) Only got two keepers from that location, this is one of them.

Iso 400, f8, 1/1600 Sunny 16
Canon mk3, 500 mm f4 + 1.4tc + tripod
Converted in ACR, opened up shadows on underwing, slight crop, sharpened.

[Ofer Levy]

Nice one Grace. Sharp, nice detail and pose.

[Bill Dix]

Well done, Grace. Good detail, and I like the diagonal composition. Wish I were on the Sanibel Pier today.

[LouBuonomo]

That did come out nice.. that day brought new meaning to camera shake for me :)

[Dan Fleming]

Hi Grace,

Great sharpness and underwing detail here. I like the composition overall but I'd like to see a little more canvas on the right.

Dan

[Stephen Stephen]

Grace I like the wing angle and the eye contact. I'll echo Dan's comment about a touch more space in front of the bird.

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Grace - Sweet pelican shot with a perfect sky in the background. I've been working with white pelicans so much lately, I feel like the Jane Goodall.....of pelicans! Thanks for the great image.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp. EXP perfect. The bird is a bit on the ratty side and the head is angled slightly away. Where are you guys? Will you be at the GTG?

[Joe Senzatimore]

Sweet flight shot Grace. Love the comp. on this.

[Grace Scalzo]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Artie, we're all on LI. Work commitments make it impossible for most of us to travel this time of year. Have fun, we'll be thinking about you and wishing we were there.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the angle, detail and eye contact. Well captured.