White Pelicans using a D750 +Sigma 100-400 F5-6.3

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GregwithaG

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My wife and I both got matching Sigma 100-400 lenses recently, so we went to the local marsh to try them out. We found a flock of white pelicans had taken up temporary residence there giving us a nice subject. I will admit to not doing much wildlife photography, so I welcome any feedback I get. Thanks.

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Nice shots. I like white pelicans. For the critique you requested, I'd offer the first 3 images to level your horizon line. It is more noticeable on number 2 but the first three, the water is tilted downhill toward the left. It's an easy fix in any of the post processing software and makes a world of difference in your photography. To do it in camera, I engage the virtual horizon in my nikon cameras which helps me keep the camera level when shooting scenes around water or where the horizon line or vertical lines are visible.
 
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jeffnles1 said:
Nice shots. I like white pelicans. For the critique you requested, I'd offer the first 3 images to level your horizon line. It is more noticeable on number 2 but the first three, the water is tilted downhill toward the left. It's an easy fix in any of the post processing software and makes a world of difference in your photography. To do it in camera, I engage the virtual horizon in my nikon cameras which helps me keep the camera level when shooting scenes around water or where the horizon line or vertical lines are visible.
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Thanks Jeff. I feel silly not catching that before, but now that I look at it it is very noticeable. I will definitely address that.
 
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Great shots! Numbers 5 and 6 stand out as particularly good to me. I know that the "rule" is to always have an odd number of subjects in the frame but I really like the balance of the shot with two birds with wings up and two with wings down.
 
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Nice shots, good job handling the exposure with white pelicans on a sunny day, it's easy to blow out the highlights in shots like that. I like the final three images the best but all good stuff.

Welcome to the forums.

-Dave
 
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Bob k. said:
Great shots! Numbers 5 and 6 stand out as particularly good to me. I know that the "rule" is to always have an odd number of subjects in the frame but I really like the balance of the shot with two birds with wings up and two with wings down.
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Thanks Bob. I do to, but that may just be the engineer in me coming out.
 
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DRwyoming said:
Nice shots, good job handling the exposure with white pelicans on a sunny day, it's easy to blow out the highlights in shots like that. I like the final three images the best but all good stuff.

Welcome to the forums.

-Dave
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Thanks for the kind words Dave. I'm glad my dentist recommended this site to me.
 
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