Pelican in Flight

Gallery: AvianPosted April 25, 201035 views4 comments

Taken in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on a very bright day. I didn't see him coming until he was right there so I just got one shot. I really like the look of concentration in his eye.

1/2000 at f/7.1
ISO 400
400mm
Cropped about 50%

All comments are welcome ... thanks!

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 25, 2010 at 9:05 AM

Nice comp and angle you captured. He looks so serious! Sharon

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Comment posted by Dan Sorochan on April 25, 2010 at 9:48 AM

Nice closeup. Could be lightened up a bit.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 25, 2010 at 11:09 AM

Hi Michele. Good work catching him in flight up close. The tight crop creates quite an interesting portrait. There appears to be some noise in the feathers on the breast and under wing. Did you adjust the shadows a lot?

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 25, 2010 at 12:16 PM

Michele, I like the comp here. This was tough lighting with all the light coming from above and behind, thus very little light under the bird. The bird looks like it was under exposed and you had to bring up the shadows a lot to get deal. In doing so, a lot of color noise is present in the bird in the larger version. If this were mine, I would try this shot again with early morning or late evening light that is lighting up the underside of the bird.

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