Brown Pelican - Profile View

[Troy Lim]

Got a series of this shot. Original shot was portrait with lots of BG and FG. Decided to crop this way.
Let me know what you think. Don't be shy. Thanks in advance!



Manual
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 850 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[Fabs Forns]

I like the crop and the composition. EXP looks pretty good on my laptop. Although the tip of the bill looks like a good head angle, the eye gives away that it is turned a bit away. Unless it is an optical illusion.
Your photography has improved leaps and bounds, congrats.
You have the passion, so that usually goes together with success.

[Troy Lim]

I like the crop and the composition. EXP looks pretty good on my laptop. Although the tip of the bill looks like a good head angle, the eye gives away that it is turned a bit away. Unless it is an optical illusion.
Your photography has improved leaps and bounds, congrats.
You have the passion, so that usually goes together with success.

Thank you Fabs.
I was shooting from a boat, thanks for my friend Paul who brought me along.
I am trying to improve. Studying all the photos from here and other sites have helped me learn a lot.

[Randy Stout]

Troy:

Pelicans always make me smile, and this one is no exception. I do think the bill is towards us, but he is looking away, so it gives kind of a mixed message about head angle. Generally the eye contact is more important than a few degrees of head angle, IMHO.

I like the striations in the pouch, well exposed overall.

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

I do believe that the whole head and bill are turned away from us because the bill looks sharper then the eye. The EXP is good and I like the BKGR. The o-o-f mangroves in the foreground are distracting.

[Troy Lim]

Thank you Randy and Arthur.