On Approach

[Steve Wheeler]

American white pelican from White Rock Lake this morning where it was a nippy 27 degrees... A little chilly for Dallas in March.:eek:

Essentially full frame with bits off the ends.

Feedback and comments always appreciated.

Steve

40D & 100-400 @ 400mm, f7.1 @ 1/2000

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose and exposure control. It is a bit tight in the frame, needs a bit more sharpening and maybe a slight boost in contrast.

[Steve Wheeler]

Always appreciate your feedback Axel... Upped the contrast and sharpening... Can't do anything about the framing vertically as that's all there is.

Steve

[Stephen Stephen]

Steve I like the pose in this image. Axel has offered some good suggestions. As for the tight frame I would suggest adding some canvas on the top bottom, and perhaps the right, edges.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Adding canvas is not very difficult, especially since it's a clean BG. You could check out the tutorial Fabs wrote: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...read.php?t=834

Here is the image with increased contrast, sharpness and some canvas added. I noticed that I use a different technique than Fabs.

[Paul Pagano]

The rework is very nice. A lot more punch!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I Iike Axel`s rework!

[Steve Wheeler]

Axel.... Sorry for the pause... I had some computer problems kick up just after my repost.

Just that little bit of room makes a big difference. I'm still using only LightRoom so I don't think I could've done that.

Thank you Axel and others for you comments!

Steve

[DanWalters]

Very nice flight shot. I really like the new version.

[Melinda Moore]

Looks beautiful Steve. Every feather detail perfect.

[Stu Bowie]

Superb comp, with the pelican diagonally across the image. I think you got the exposure spot on, and a lovely blue sky BG. Well done.

[Steve Wheeler]

Dan / Melinda / Stuart... Your comments are very much appreciated!

Thank You...

Steve