birds - pelicans Relaxing Sunday

Liked his colors. I'm not sure if this is too close to the frame or

not. I have another shot, but preferred this lighting. Comments?

Here's the other shot...

Kim, you are so fortunate to be able to photograph such a wide species of birds. Nice photo. I would actually prefer a compromise of the two photos you've shown...both for cropping and lighting. Well done.

 

Excellent shot Kim.

Thanks, Birte and Keith. Keith, I am VERY fortunate to have all kinds of birds around to photograph. I hadn't seen this kind of pelican before (with the brown) and thought they were really interesting!

The crop does seem a bit tight to me. I actually prefer the alternate image because of that, although it's a minor point.

I was wishing I had a bit more room under the posted shot, but I didn't. I have some more pelican images so you'll be seeing others. Thanks for visiting, Ken!

it works perfect, well done and well composed !!! 7-7 thanks for your comment !!!

Bello encuadre, perfecta luz y color, gran definicion, un cordial saludo Kim.

Fantastic details, beautiful colors for two, excellent capture Kim!!! Best regards.

I actually like "the other one" better. :-) The colors strike me better. I also like that he's facing the camera in that one, but seems to be swimming away in the posted image.

The more I look at the two of them, the more I prefer the other one, I think. Maybe a repost coming soon...

Very nice pose, Kim. The brown feathers on the neck contribute to the rich saturated colors of this image. (btw I found out they're called brown pelicans).

 

I also uploaded a B&W version of my egret image as you suggested. I like it a lot. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4218296