This Brown Pelican was coming in for landing in their usual clumsy way. I liked the wide eyed look like he had. He finally did make a safe landing. I cropped this to a pano to eliminate some uneeded sky space.
Thanks for looking, comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Large image provided for detail.
Canon 70D
Canon 400mm 5.6
1/6400
f/7.1
ISO 400
HH
Processed with Lightroom 5.7, CS5
Comments
10 commentsI love it when these guys come in with flaps down. Not the most graceful bird, but a lot of fun to watch and photograph. Not sure how big of a crop this is, but it looks like you got everything either in focus or in the zone of perceived focus. I don't mind the trees in the background so much, but if they weren't there it wouldn't hurt. I might try to clone them away to keep the attention on the pelican. Nice catch, you tracked him nicely and your timing was right on.
I agree, Steve, the eyes really make this shot especially combined with that break neck landing pose. Well done.
Looks like a cartoon character
I really like the head on flight pose you captured here Steve, those wonderful eyes put this one over the top for me. Personally I find this photo very pleasing as presented.
Sweet One!
Great work here, love the head on pose. Detail is excellent and this composition works well for me. Ray
Hard to get a good head-on flight shot like this, my hat's off to you Steve.
I like the 'tilt' that puts em' on the diagonal, great details and a must see large to appreciate those clear sharp eyes
Fun shot. Looks like he was heading staight for you. Nice detail.
May
Nice head on image in good light. I like the diaganal wing position and agree that the trees could go without hurting the image.
Really dig this angle Steve. The large image is a must for this type of shot, because the look on the Pelican's face is priceless as it comes in for a landing. Good work!
Cool head on landing shot Steve, I like the diagonal wings, these guys are pretty comical sometimes.
This llokslike a crash landing in the making, beautiful image