birds - pelicans Sharp Interrogation

Darkened background. Comments?

very well framed, the lighting is well done...David

Beautiful photograph. Excellent angle, sharpness, light, color & (may be) cropping. Congratulation!

Nice detail, & composition. I tend to want to bump up the saturation of the red a little. I guess for drama.

Yes, well framed, and well lit. I like how you've cropped it ... with the beak lending a strong diagonal. This is very nice!

Very good composition,light and details. The black background enhances the beauty of this image.

I like black backgrounds with animal pictures and this one lent itself to easily doing that. There was another pelican just above this one and it was distracting.

awesome light & beautiful composition!

Good work Kim.

Nice shot, I would probably increase the saturation slighty to inhance the features..

I actually did increase the saturation somewhat - maybe I didn't go quite far enough. I didn't want it too 'fake' looking.

It's wonderful! Your animal portraits are so striking and bold...I love the dark backgrounds, too.

You're not going to tell me that this guy flew into your backyard, too. The saturation is fine; the detail is staggering.

Amazing!

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to comment. Mark, this guy was down at the pier downtown. We went there a couple of weeks ago when the shrimp boats came in. We have so many pelicans down here, it's just not a challenge to get a picture of one. They are such clumsy birds, but very interesting, I think.

I would never get tired of watching them! We even have a few in Utah, but I don't see them too often. I think they're fascinating.

They are fascinating, Kim. I never get tired of taking pictures of them, especially these brightly colored ones.

Great shot. I really love the detail and the black background.