Saturday my husband and I took a day trip down to the beach (about 2 hours from the house) so that I could find some birds to photograph. This Brown Pelican came flying towards me and I captured this shot. I liked that he was at nice angle, pretty much face on. All comments are welcome.
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Pertinent technical details or techniques: Canon 7D II, Canon 100-400 mm L at 400, handheld. Settings manual except auto ISO, f6.3, 1/3200, ISO 500. Edited in LR and Topaz, cropped down to almost 50% of the original.
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Shirley, the largest version is stunning. Excellent detail throughout…
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Excellent detail and I do love the angle of the bird to you, Shirley. The one thing I’d change is to move the pelican down in the frame a bit. As presented, I feel like I’m looking up at the bird, even though the view of both upper and lower wing surfaces gives the impression that it’s just about at head height. I think if you lower it a little, you can accent that head-on feel. Some will probably say it’s too centered vertically, but I think it will work.
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I like the head-on view and sharp detail. Having read Dennis’s comment, I would agree with him. I wonder how this would look with a panoramic crop?
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I finally found some time to try out the critique recommendations. I tried the pano crop that Allen mentioned. What do you think? Better? Or should I keep the format, and do as Dennis suggested, and move the pelican down in the frame?
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I think the pano crop did move the pelican down in the frame and gives the shot a more intimate feel.
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I think this worked, Shirley. It feels just about at eye level to me now.
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