Juvenile Brown Pelican

[Joel Eade]

From the Hooptie Deux
1D3
500mm
f/6.3
iso 400
1/1250

[Ian Cassell]

Hi Joel! Beautiful focus and pose! Although some might complain about it being too tight, I would like to see a touch more shaved off the top (~ 1/3 of the way down between the top of the frame and the top of the bird's head). Was this natural light or fill flash?

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Joel, nice job shooting from the luxurious Hooptie. I like the nice s-curve of the head and neck and how it forms into the bird, quite nice. I'm seeing a magenta cast to the image. I used color balance in CS5 and moved the midtones magenta/green slider to the right, toward green and used a curves layer to darken the bg. I also took that little bit off the top as long as I was there... Nice capture, I really like the look-back pose.

[Shreeni Rao]

Love it and the nice catchlight in the eye. Flash ?

[Joel Eade]

Thanks to all for looking and commenting,

Kerry I think the repost is an improvement, I hadn't noticed the color cast. I had already cropped some off the top (this was a vertical shot) but I agree with taking a little more. Appreciate you taking the time to work with it.

I did not use flash it was early morning Florida sunlight.

[John Chardine]

Very smart Joel. Love the simplicity of the image and the overall layout. Sharpness is super. Light is sweet. I see you have cropped to keep the "virtual" feet, problem is that it then forces you to include a pretty weak reflection. Not much you can do about this.

[Troy Lim]

I often struggle with square crop but some don't mind it.
Sharpness, exposure are superb.
Two things, the crop/composition and if you are looking for perfection, head angle is not parallel to the sensor.
I wonder if you the next few frame with better head angle?

[Rachel Hollander]

Joel - nice light and sharpness. The repost takes this to the next level.

TFS,
Rachel

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Good comments, nice one Joel,..is has all been said above.

[Marina Scarr]

I chuckled to myself b/c I was pretty sure I knew where this was taken before even opining up the picture. I like this different perspective, so the angle isn't bothering me here. Kerry took care of the cast. I would prefer a true vertical rather than the more square composition you have here, but it's whatever works for you. You have very nice details in this pelican and lovely colors and BG.