Pelicans

I took advantage of finally having a calm and sunny morning and returned to the scene of the accident with my newly fixed 500mm and Mark IV (just got the camera back yesterday and the lens a few days ago). BTW, the accident was at Chatfield when I was trying to photograph some Pelicans. I felt like I still needed to complete that task and get those shots. So off I went. Here are a couple, hope you like.

Number 2

Great detail in both! Love the water color in # 1!

Great Kurt!

Wow. I've never seen that angle (#2) on a pelican's mouth. Very interesting!

Both awesome shots. Really like the reflection in the first one.

Very nice Kurt! Like the pose in the second image.

I like the artistic effect going on in #1. The reflections are very nice. The pose in #2 is really cool. Your timing was perfect.

Both of these are excellent! I also have never seen anything like #2.
Again, I think that a levels adjustment (of the white point) would be a slight improvement on both.

Re: #1: I think that 'losing' the dark spot on its head and the protrusion above the bird's bill would be an asset, but understand that those fixes aren't everyone's cuppa tea.

These are both great Kurt, I especially like #2 for it's uniqueness!.

Great - wonderful details in teh second one.

Both are nice, but I really like the color in the first one.

Absolutely love the background in #1 and the pose in #2. Stellar work!