Pelican brief

[TonyT]

Pelican by Tony Taylor, on Flickr

[cjf999]

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Really nice shot Tony.

[TonyT]

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Thanks

[the black fox]

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Oh what a super low key shot

[tesarver]

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Well done Tony

Tom

[Dawesy]

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Thats a very different shot Tony , I really like it

[TonyT]

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Thanks guys, raining and overcast, it just needed a little bump in the right direction when processing, I am pleased with the result

It's my new wallpaper on a black background on the PC

[Lepus]

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Superb Tony .

[Swanny48]

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Terrific photo, nice to see something different to the standard bird shots.

John

[AlexR!]

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Love that, Tony, that is real classy. Beautiful use of subdued lighting and fades to black in all the right places. Gorgeous.

[DaveG001]

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this is a stunning shot IMHO that would not look out of place in major nature comps Tony
is there a little more detail that can be drawn out in the eye?
cheers
Dave

[TonyT]

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Yes I used the highlight and shadow in NIKS to bring out areas on the body and drop down other areas, then lifted bits, I removed a couple of blurred nearly invisible branches in the backround in Photoshop to clean it up too, I could possible lift the eye a little.

[TonyT]

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Dave does this work with your comments?
I have lifted the eye detail slightly and added some darkened area to the right of the bird to centralise it slightly and pull the bird off the edge of the canvas so to speak. Hope it improves it, I have also tweaked the lighting ever so slightly.



Pelican by Tony Taylor, on Flickr

[haydnj]

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absolutely fabulous

[DaveG001]

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its a wonderful shot Tony
those tiny changes have really finished i think
one for framing and on the wall if mine :-)
cheers
Dave