white pelican

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-- Greg Rothschild (gnr@toast.net), January 07, 1999

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Love the blue on the water, Greg. What film? Lens? Polarizer? I like the shot overall, especially the sideways glance of the bird at you, but it's hard to tell if there's a catchlight in the eye. An obvious one, I think, would add here. There is still detail in the white part of the image, which suggests that you were as close as possible to correct exposure under the apparent harsh light conditions. Good job!

-- Joe Cheatwood (cheatwoo@ufl.edu), January 07, 1999.

hello- i used kodak e100sw pushed 1 stop that day. i have been very happy with the results with this film pushed to 200. perhaps i will try it at 400 and see how it looks. there were no filters involved- just a bird that was into teasing me by moving in and out of a shadowy area- at dusk. on my slide i can see the bright red eye with great clarity, however on the monitor the detail lost. there isn't a catchlight though. greg

-- Greg Rothschild (gnr@toast.net), January 07, 1999.

Nice Pelican portait.

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), January 07, 1999.

The color is very rich. The detail in the feathers behind the head and the color in the beak is nice. Well done.

-- Micheal F. Kelly (Kellys@alaska.net), January 07, 1999.

It's a good portrait, it shows the bird's features well. The image is static, though, there's little sign of life in the bird, no sense of motion or other action.

If you've read much of this section, you've probably read my comments about subjects being "dead" centered and how little I like them. That is especially true of living creatures. If this was an architectural shot of a very symmetrical old building and you wanted to give the sense of it's being there, rooted, for all time, centering is the perfect way to do it. Centering has the same effect on this image, it it takes the life right out of it.

Frank

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), January 07, 1999.



Vivid. The blue of the water contrasts well with the orange beak and white feathers. Sharp, well exposed. Would be nice to incorporate some action, e.g., opening the bill, flapping a wing, etc., just for variety. I like the spiked haircut.

-- Duane Galensky (duane@wild-light.com), January 08, 1999.

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