Pelican at Sunset

Gallery: AvianPosted February 22, 201149 views6 comments

I made this photo last week while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The sunsets were incredible. I increased the saturations and curves to bring out the colors and darkened the bird to be totally black. I like the way it turned out. I look forward to hearing constructive feedback. Thanks.

Canon 1D Mk3
70-200mm L USM II + 2xTC @230mm
ISO 640, 1/2500 @ f/11
LR3.3

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6 comments

Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on February 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM

This is simply gorgeous

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM

A wonderful silhouette. the warm colors in the sky are lovely

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Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on February 22, 2011 at 1:24 PM

Fantastic shot - great colours - I love the graduation from the yellow into the pink.

Would be even better if the peilican was flying towards you!

Oscar

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on February 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM

perhaps a little optical illusion here --I see it flying toward the camera and down slightly and then I see it moving away. Either way it is a lovely image.

Dan

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Comment posted by Kirk Greene on February 22, 2011 at 4:07 PM

I always like these types of silhouette flight shots. The colors in the sunset are awesome!

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 22, 2011 at 11:26 PM

Very nice and very different. I like the sunset hues.

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