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The Pelicans
The Pelicans
davidbedard


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Birds (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Shem Creek, SC
Date: Jun 12, 2005
Aperture: f5.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2005

Curves, Selective Color, USM. Cropped for greater focus on the staring pelican.

I hope I I don't get trashed because it looks like I used a custom filter. No filters were used at all. Didn't even use NeatImage. But a lot of my pelican shots end up looking that way.

Statistics
Place: 89 out of 289
Avg (all users): 5.8148
Avg (commenters): 6.9231
Avg (participants): 5.5161
Avg (non-participants): 6.2174
Views since voting: 886
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 270
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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06/19/2005 11:51:00 AM
I like this composition, especially the pelican facing the camera.
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06/19/2005 12:11:54 AM
love the way he's looking directly at the camera. Missed that on first pass. Glad I came back. bumping up.
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06/17/2005 08:11:01 PM
this seems a little jumbled to me, the pelikan looking toward the camera is lopped off and ( on my laptop) the heads fothe others have merged with the sky, 5
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06/17/2005 10:27:31 AM
I like how the birds look as if they are looking at something else and yet you have the full attention of just one bird. The clarity is good,maybe a titch bright, but I like it.
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06/16/2005 04:28:16 PM
I love this. At first I didn't see the middle bird looking at the camera. It"s like he's saying "So, what do you think you're doing?" 10
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06/16/2005 05:01:27 AM
Nice triangle composition
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06/15/2005 03:38:47 PM
Cool shot, I like the one looking back at you, like he wants to kick a** or something
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06/14/2005 03:58:36 PM
This is a great shot. I love the composition. What really detracts from it though (IMHO) is the glare on the water. I think with some selective processing you could reduce the light & glare on the water and draw the viewers' attention more to the primary subjects. Currently, I think the color of the light on the water and the color of the pelicans' head are too similar - it makes the birds appear to be washed out (when in fact they're not, they're great - it's the water). I think you could desaturate the water and add a gaussian blur to it in several layers to really make the water add to the pic instead of detract. Nice work though. (6)
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06/13/2005 08:24:52 PM
I like how the one pelican is looking at the camera while the other two look to the right.
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06/13/2005 01:05:03 PM
NO FAIR!!!!

I wish we had pelicans in the northeast....
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06/13/2005 10:48:18 AM
Nice focus. I love the expression of the one looking at the camera. Well done.
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06/13/2005 07:25:02 AM
nice brown pelicans
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06/13/2005 06:51:05 AM
I love the one who is staring back at us.
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06/13/2005 06:50:25 AM
Nice capture. The focus seems out to me, love the expression..Well done and Good luck
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