# White Pelican

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/white-pelican/4503>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/white-pelican/4503 "2019-03-01T16:14:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/white-pelican/4503/1 "2019-03-01T16:14:26Z")

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### What technical feedback would you like if any? Any

### What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any

### Any pertinent technical details: I got this shot up at Tulelake NWR, CA. D500, Nikon 2-500 lens, 1/3200th, f/5.6, ISO 320, 500mm, cropped to 5116 x 3396, hand held.

 ![White%20Pelican](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/c/cdff87f9bdb26e469d0b89aeaaa8d3ad85ae83b5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/white-pelican/4503/2 "2019-03-01T16:35:15Z")

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Hi Dave,  
Nice capture of the action here and good exposure on the whites. Of course the splash is very nice. Good feather detail. I think you could include more space above the pelican - I know that introduces more of the reeds but the extra space would help balance out the image and give some “breathing room” up top.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/white-pelican/4503/3 "2019-03-01T17:22:03Z")

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My thoughts too. I was pretty close to it for the shot and I did not have any extra room at the top. Dang it.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/white-pelican/4503/4 "2019-03-02T02:03:29Z")

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My thoughts echo Allen’s, Dave. Excellent job on the exposure and really cool action. If you’re using Photoshop, you could try some content-aware fill up top to see if you could extend the reeds a bit. It might or might not work-it can get really confused by some backgrounds.