Brown Pelican

Posted by Scott A. Flaherty on Tue Dec 02, 2003 6:34 am

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(Brown Pelican, Grassy Key, Florida Keys)
Nikon D100, Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8D, 1/2000, f/3.5, 135mm

Because the sky wasn't very interesting on the day I took this shot, I spent the morning trying to keep it out of the composition. However, when this pelican flew in and landed right behind me, I couldn't help but to take a few shots.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:46 am

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The pose and angle of view is very nice. The gray sky doesn't bother me because of the colors of the pelican. f5.6 might have gotten the tip of the bill a little sharper but still, this is nice as is.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:27 am

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Very nice composition. To give this image more punch, underexposing it by about 1 stop and then adding flash would somewhat darken the sky and brighten up the bird.

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by AlexC on Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:50 am

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Yep!!, Flash as main would be the ticket here!!!!

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by Matt Cox on Tue Dec 02, 2003 12:28 pm

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Scott, I like the high key effect of the light background and think there's enough texture there to work well in this shot. I also like your composition and low angle of view, but the shot could benefit from less shutter speed and more DOF.

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by BrianS on Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:01 pm

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Nice one.

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by Laura Stiefel on Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:30 pm