American White Pelican. preening pose.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400f5.6L at f/7.1. iso 320. 1/1600s. minor cropping to put important elements at ROT points and lines.

This one is moments before yesterday's shot. Althought it does not seem like, this was a fairly fast motion that needed the high SS and high frame rate to freeze the 'feather tip in bill' moment.

All C&C welcome.

[Randy Stout]

Kaustubh:

Excellent exposure control, nice preening pose with the right head angle, sharp detail.

In a perfect world, would prefer all blue BG here, but works well as presented.

Cheers

Randy

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Superb exposure, DOF and details. Nice pose and crop too. A handsome fella very well presented.

[Katie Rupp]

I love the feather detail, the pose and the rich colors of the beak, especially with that beautiful blue bg. As Randy said...in a perfect world...

[Charles Glatzer]

Wonderful image. Background is natural and superb as presented. Perhaps, a bit off the top for printing.

Best,

Chas

[Steve Canuel]

I like the 4 main colors of this and how they all look together. Also like how the eye is focused on the tip of the bill.

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent feather details and deadly exposure , VWD KD
TFS