Pelican banking in flight

I have been shooting similar white pelicans for about two weeks with a Canon 10D. I really haven't studied the specifications for the 20D but it looks like you got a better range of white tones without blown highlights. In bright sunlight that is difficult to accomplish.

The position of the head and eye are quite humorous.

A superb shot, well done Neil!

Kim :o)

I too am observing some really superior images here on pn that photogs have made with the thier 20D's (and good lenses). I have a D60, which is a good camera, but I never get quite near what people are able to get with the 20D. It's almost like the difference we see when switching from a 35mm to a 6x4.5cm format. Of course, I realize the photgrapher makes the image, not the camera & all that, but the camera and lens can facilitate our vision or hinder it. Interesting that I'm not the only one making these observations.

-s

Keith and S Spencer, yes I have found the 20D excellent in correctly metering and exposing various subjects. With my Nikon 90x I used to prefer to set exposure manually most of the time but with the Canon 20D I set it on evaluative metering for most exposures and it almost always does a good job. I do use exposure compensation in certain situations such as backlighting, high contrast etc.

With this particular shot the lighting was in my favour when the pelican flew into a blue section of sky with the sun behind me and not too glarey. The camera was on evaluative metering but I had preset compensation to +1/3, not intentionally for this shot but for a previous one slightly backlit. The only adjustment I made in converting the image from RAW to jpg was sharpening. The exposure is as the 20D took it.

Thanks very much for the comments, Best regards, Neil