Motif: Extreme closeup- Brown Pelican w/REPOST

Posted by Mike Wilson on Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:27 am

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These beauties spend a good amount of time preening while roosting on the cliffs. When preening the undersideof their wings, they turn their heads upside down to get that bill at the right angle. So I put on the TC and tried to show off those lovely head feathers. Cropped less than 10%. La Jolla, 1-31-03.
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by stevebein on Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:43 am

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Very nice but I think it could be use about 1/3 or 2/3 less exposure, or a little more work in PS with saturation, or lightness/darkness.
Then it would be great.

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by LHays on Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:29 am

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I love the pose on this guy along with the detail. I, too think it might benefit from a touch of contrast or something from PS. Then again...I'm viewing this one from a Powerbook so it just may be my computer. I'd say the slide is a killer.....I imagine that scanning this one was hard. Excellent shot.

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:44 am

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Good detail with all the nuances of the Pelican sharply defined. Graceful turn of the head.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:56 am

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Awesome pose Mike. great shot.

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:08 am

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Hi Mike,

What a contortionist!! Great capture. I think the exposure looks fine here, I wouldn't want it any darker. Possibly a little contrast boost or some extra saturation would be beneficial.

I read your gear and have flash backs to a couple of years ago. I just loved my 500 f/4P and N90s. Man that lens is sharp, even with my always attatched Kenko 2x!!

Nice job!

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by Wil Hershberger on Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:18 am

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Very unusual pose that is well done.

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by Bill Whala on Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:31 am

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Very interesting pose. The feather detail was captured very well. A contrast boost of 15% in PS works for my taste -or lack thereof.

I'll bet you're loving Pelican Week. Very nice!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:15 am

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I love this one - very interesting pose and a great composition.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:15 am

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Mike,

This is a very nice shot and composition. Sharp with lots of detail. You did a great job with the scan too. The colors look good, but maybe a bit more contrast.

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by AlexC on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:18 am

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I wish I could do that with my neck, On my monitor looks well exposed and with excellent detail, great composition to boot!! Congrats!!

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by Neil Solomon on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:54 am

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Mike,

Great pose captured. The problem is for some reason I keep wanting to turn my head sideways to look at it

. BTW, the contrast looks OK on my monitor.

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by Mike Wilson on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:12 am

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Thanks for your feedback about the contrast. I played with this one a long time to get the color balance right and I just couldn't get the image to match the slide. I added some contrast to this repost and it is much better, thanks.

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by Penney Goodwin on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:38 am

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Love the composition - love the close-ups, and this is a great one in detail!

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by Jim Neely on Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:30 pm

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Very good image, Mike.

The only thing that I was going to comment on was the contrast and your repost took care of that.

The unusual pose is neat and the techs look very good to me.

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:03 pm

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I like what you did to the repost. Great composition.

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by Jim Urbach on Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:20 pm

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Wonderful addition of contrast. Excellent unique composition.

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by Sheri Whala on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:05 pm

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It's amazing what these birds can do! Great photo! I think your repost fixed it!

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by Bill Tucker on Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:47 am

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Unique pose & excellent composition. I defiantly like the repost better.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:43 am

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Beautiful, well-composed image, Mike. #2 sings.

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