Pelican

I have taken this shot many times and never had such a great image. Someone will have an issue with the loss of the feather but the strenght of the comp and the action is all I need!

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Dan

Dan, welcome to NPN. I love the action here. The missing wingtip is unfortunate, but like you say the action and pose really are nice. Some of the whites look a bit bright, but overall your exposure, under very bright conditions, worked out farily well. If it is ok, I would suggest posting all of your photo techs with your images. It makes giving a useful critique possible. For example, I do not know if this is Full Frame or a cropped image. If it is cropped, I would suggest giving the bird more room all around except the bottom. Again, welcome to NPN. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Welcome Dan, really nice landing pose, it sounds like you don't have any more room on the left or top in the original. Zooming out a bit you probably would have managed to get the wing tips in. I'm looking forward to seeing momre of your work.

Welcome to NPN, Dan. Nice first post. I really like that landing pose. Nice job on the exposure of the whites. Hope to see more of your work in the future.