California Brown Pelican - Profile

[Garry McCarthy]

California Brown Pelican; La Jolla, California
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 300mm f/4D ED-IF; f/8; 1/1000; ISO: 200.

PP: Rotated image and filled in BG, minor sharpening and color-correction. Thanks for any comments.

[DanielTMiller]

Amazing detail in the feathers, and the eye contact is great, beautiful portrait.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the pose and awesome details...great job on that. Only thing is that I feel the comp is a little unbalanced...IMO shifting your lens a bit more to the left would have given you a better comp with needed room in front of the bill, even if that meant part the right wing going out of the frame.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Sharpness, eye contact and BG look very good. If you have more room on the left, I would put the bird further to the right in the frame. I see a slight reddish cast on my monitor.

[Garry McCarthy]

Thank you for the critiques; they're much appreciated!