Red-Eye to Houston

also this is very good !!!

Giuliano, I like your original shot of the cemetary! Thanks for sharing.

well composed, nice details, and great light.

Great shot, nice detail and texture, great DOF.

Really nice, Kim. I really like the tight crop on this one. Good background...you're always very good about projecting your subject forward from any clutter or distractions. Focus is right on, too. Well done.

Thanks, guys. Keith, a bad background can ruin any shot in a big hurry, so I try to move my position, if necessary, to get the best angle. Of course, sometimes you just have to take what you can (especially with birds) and try to do something later.

I love the DOF on this one. And, for some reason, in this one, I don't mind that he's facing the other way. The close crop works very well!!

I like the white part on his head - reminds me of a teddy bear!

I love the detail and dramatic markings of pelicans. Comments?

Excellent. Nobody does this better.

There really is NO challenge to getting pelican shots here, Howard. When the shrimp boats come in, they are around by the dozens! They are such clumsy characters!

Beautiful colours, very well done!

Yes, this is the best I have seen in this kind of portrait, also love the light, sharpness, very natural of the colors & nicely cropping, well done Kim!!! Congrats.

Another beautiful image Kim, love how the beak leads to the eye and that cuddly white head. Great lens work.

It's hard to keep the white from getting blown out, especially when there is a dark, contrasting color on the same bird.

Kim,this is a superb image. I admire the composition,light and details.

Terrific. I wouldn't have thought the crop would work as well as it does. Detail is impressive.

Thanks, guys. Mark, you know I like to close-crop!

And a great crop it is, Kim. I love the patterns and textures on this bird.

 

--Lannie

La calidad, luz y encuadre, es muy bueno, aqui soy yo quien te dice, por que no el pico del ave entero...? creo que quedaria muchomas estetico, de todas formas un belo trabajo, un cordial saludo Kim........The quality, light and setting, is very good, here I am I who says to you, for that not the beak(peak) of the bird I inform ...? I believe that quedaria muchomas aesthetic, anyway a belo I work, a cordial greeting Kim.

I like the way of its posture in the frame, has grace in it. light and dof are well done. The yellow on its head makes it a vivid image.

Thanks, Lannie, Julio and Pnina - appreciate your comments!

Very nice closeup, Kim, with very pleasing detail and a nice bg. I like the composition too; it's different.

Lol - finallyyy, you nailed a title (-;

 

Nice bird, nice frame, nice crop ... !

Thanks Two Kens! Ken W, I did the title without your help, too!! :)