Brown Pelican blur

[Indranil Sircar]

Another one from SWF IPT... I kept the focus on the head as the bird approached for landing. The pelicans were baited with fish. The settings were -

7D, EF 70-200 F4 IS + 1.4x @ 129mm
1/15 sec, f/14 Mode: Tv Metering: Evaluative Exp comp: +2/3 ISO: 100 (auto)

Adjusted for saturation, level and selective color. Hope you like it...

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful, Indranil! The motion, composition, amount of blur, and detail in the head are all just perfect.

[Richard Lovison]

Indranil,

Did you clone out the ski tow rope?

The tight crop works for me. Beautiful blur in the wings and good job at keeping the head and eyes sharp. Love the moment of capture.

If it were mine I might try either increasing the contrast slightly or the saturation. Well done.

Richard

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, Nice job w/ the amount of blur and the action captured. Nice details in the head, maybe a tiny tiny bit tight but you did a great job framing it. Well done.

[Judy Howle]

Perfectly captured with a nice combination of detail in the head and blurring. I agree with Richard that I would like to see a little more contrast or color saturation but I like it very much as presented.

[Steve Adkins]

Indranil, Wonderful combo of sharp and blur. Great timing and panning technique!

[Jessica Kirste]

Very cool love it! :)

[Kerry Perkins]

Indranil, you did a great job of keeping the head in focus while you panned! Blur looks great and I love the action.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Indranil. Great image. Very tough shot and you nailed it. regards~Bill

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks all. Appreciate your feedback.

I have fixed the contrast and saturation on the master.

[Brendan Dozier]

That is very cool Indranil! Love the pose and blur - Really does look like the pelican is water skiing! Well done

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks Brendan.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Indranil, a perfect blur and the pose is great! He definitely looks like he's skiing.