It is day 4 of the San Diego IPT. 1 1/2 days to go. It is a great group (as usual). Though we did kill 'em for the first two days, the pelicans have been spotty. I created this one on the first morning (at seven fifty-three am) in sweet, sweet light with the Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS 1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1/3 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/9.
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When I see an image like this, I think it belongs to AM or someone who emulated him. The pelicans out west certainly one up the beauty of ours here in Florida.
There was a recent thread with a La Jolla pelican, and folks wondered if the water there really was so blue. I mentioned that it usually is pretty impressive.
This image supports the other thread!
Nice that the head is lifted enough to show the color on the neck and the pouch.
Spectacular portrait, Artie - I love the detail and colors as wells as the bg. On my monitor it looks just a bit pixelated (sp?)/slightly oversharpened, i.e. lots of little white spots, but otherwise, eye candy!
Terry
Stuning Shot. I've been looking forward to seeing some shots from your workshop. We found the same problem with the pelicans. They started gathering on the lower cliffs.
Nancy
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The look, head angle, eye contact and blue BG is what catches my attention. The bird pops very nicely, fantastic image. I always add lot's of sharpening to my images so I feel sharpening is ok
Any time that you have relatively still ocean water more than 100 yards beyond your subject in early morning light you will enjoy those incredible light blue backgrounds, in part because the water is reflecting the light, low blue sky just above the horizon. See more on that here. It is the converse to the answer to question #4.
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I agree, this one really pops with BG, great colors, detail, and more than anything, I love its expression that you've captured. Looks very happy and content.