Brown Pelican

Gallery: AvianPosted March 1, 201582 views5 comments

Canon EOS 7D 300 f/4 L IS USM

1/2000 f/4 ISO 100
02-09-2015 Port Aransas, TX

Pelicans (2) took turns diving off a UT Marines Science Laboratory Pier to catch fish and then fly back to perch every five minutes. Perfect spot to test my 300 f/4 L lens out for BIF. Focused on head so tips of wings are soft.

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5 comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on March 1, 2015 at 4:19 AM

Looks like your lens works very well ,love to watch these birds fishing, this is a real nice capture of one.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Swathiraj G on March 1, 2015 at 4:44 AM

Beautiful image. You got it sharp with details and colour.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 1, 2015 at 8:16 AM

Nice capture with a nice background. It is sharp and the pelican;s wing position is nice. I am not a big fan of vignetting, but that is a personal issue. It also looks a bit over saturated to me..

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 1, 2015 at 6:12 PM

Nice and sharp, good composition. The water appears a little over-saturated to me. Solid capture.

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Comment posted by g k walker on March 3, 2015 at 1:14 AM

Water has same saturation as the subject. Shot in raw and added my standard Lr preset:
saturation=4 blacks=14 highlights= -19 sharpness =27 whites = 0

Things are just better in T E X A S !

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