Motif -- Brown pelican final approach

Posted by Matt Cox on Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:39 pm

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I stayed over an extra day on a business trip to LA to get my first ever morning at the La Jolla cliffs last Friday, to be greeted by gray skies until after 11am -- at least that gave me the option to shoot at any angle. Although there wasn't a lot of flight action, I was pleased when this popped up on C1 while editing. Canon 1Ds at ISO 200, 100-400 at 400, 1/1250 at f5.6 with whatever hi-speed sync could give me at -1.7, full frame.

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by Bill Whala on Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:23 am

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Excellent Motif image. I love the wing position.

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by KK Hui on Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:41 am

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I like it, Matt!

Perhaps some curve/levels adjustments would bring back the color and contrast of this image ...

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by Mike Wilson on Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:22 am

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KK Hui wrote:I like it, Matt!
Perhaps some curve/levels adjustments would bring back the color and contrast of this image ...

Agree with KK. I think you did well for the bad light situation.

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by AlexC on Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:04 am

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Can't help but love the wing spread!!!
Very nice capture in equally nice even light, Very nice!!
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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:25 am

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Looks good Matt - you made the most of the situation.

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by Scott A. Flaherty on Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:04 pm

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I think the lack of contrast has more to do with it being presented on the web. When I view it in Photoshop, it looks much better. Well done.

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by Neil Solomon on Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:36 pm

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Very nice. Even with the gloom you were able to get 1/1250 and freeze the primaries. At what ISO were you shooting?

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:23 pm

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Great work Matt.

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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:10 pm

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Good shot of this bird landing. A bit more "pop" would really make this shine.

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