Australian Pelican

[Tony Kirkby]

This image of the Australian Pelican Pelicanus conspicillatus was taken near perth Western Australia. Comments welcome

Nikon D200
Sigma 500mm
1/2500sec
f5
ISO200

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice colors, Tony and sweet soft light. It looks rather soft on my monitor, another round of sharpening will make it more justice :)

[John Chardine]

I love the pastel colours of this beautiful bird and surroundings. Looks sharp on my screen although maybe could do with some selective sharpening of eye area. For this I duplicate the background layer, choose the top layer and erase the eye using a brush of the correct size with a low hardness value. This produces a nice fade out of the effect. Then go to the lower layer and sharpen. The sharpening will only show through where you have erased in the top layer. Then flatten.

[George DeCamp]

Man I really like the colors and mood here. The shallow DOF works great in this scene, in my opinion. I wish for a catchlight in the eye and as our prior friends suggested a little sharpening.

Nice image!!

[Doug Brown]

Nice image. I agree with the comments about sharpness and the lack of a catchlight in the eye.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Tony!

Sweet pastel blue and pink, sharp contrast black and white ... the yellow eye draws my attention. Enjoy this very much.

[Brian Kersey]

Excellent Image. I wouldn't change a thing.

[Philip Pietri]

I think (in my humble opinion) given the color pallette and surreal environment the photo doesn't need any additional sharpening. I love this photo...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle and eye contact. A bit more sharpening as mentioned and a catchlight would have been nice.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very n ice low angle which fits my taste.
Love calmness of this image. The head looks a bit soft for me compared to the covers eg.
Szimi

[Blake Shadle]

Nice work, Tony. I think the catchlight makes or breaks the image here. The eye looks completely black. Trying to pull out a little more detail in that area would liven it up. You did an excellent job getting a low angle, but I think in this case it might have been too low as the horizon is running through your subject's head.

[Simon Bennett]

A lovely composition Tony, perhaps try some selective sharpening around the eye.