High Key Pelican
Uploaded: October 02, 2004 01:45:50
I was panning shooting pelicans coming in for landings. They would arc in a 'C' direction against a background of dark green trees and then land on the water lit by the sunset. There were several exposure stops difference and I have no graduated filters, so I was trying to keep up changing settings as I panned and shot. I was behind here and left if high key, but thought it was kind of cool, and liked it better than the properly exposed shots. So I thought I'd enter it to see wha
Kelly Abernathy October 02, 2004
Will and I are off early this morning - I'll catch up late this afternoon. Hopefully I'll see something to shoot along the way :) -K #174582Paul Michko October 02, 2004
Cool effect produced, K. I like it. #817107Allan L. Whitehead October 02, 2004
Marvelous 'capture' and presentation, Kelly, I hope you have some good luck today and find lots of interedting shots to photograph. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that you 'Will' (…oops, no pun intended, eh…) Very well done, my very dear friend - your good friend, Allan #817113S J October 02, 2004
Terrific action capure, K! Wonderful WIDE presentation makes it such a pleasure for the viewers! Very well done!! #817135Colleen Braun October 02, 2004
I like the feeling in this... #817150Bonnie C. Lackey October 02, 2004
It's as though it's being seen thru the eyes of another pelican landing near by... #817164Alan L. Borror October 02, 2004
The high key is very effective, K! Bet you try it again. Spectacular photo!!! #817169Wally Orlowsky October 02, 2004
Terrific effect, K. The panoramic layout also adds to the composition. #817194Donald K. Cherry October 02, 2004
Nice capture, K! #817311Claudia Kuhn October 02, 2004
It does make a nice effect that seems intentional, the comp and action of the pelican are great K! #817338William C. Raco October 02, 2004
Wow!bill #817434
Leanne M.E. Boyd October 02, 2004
Good choice, K!!!!! Excellent shot. #817455Adilson F. Ferreira October 02, 2004
Fantastic capture!!! this is really great, nice choice!!! #817586Deborah Lewinson October 02, 2004
Excellent, K, great capture and compostion!-Debby #817644
Donna J. Taff October 02, 2004
Fantastic image, K.!!!!! #817662Casey A. Hanson October 02, 2004
Very cool, K!Wendy M. Amdahl October 02, 2004
Great shot K! It feels like he's going to screech across your photo to a landing! Like the high key! #817784Stephen Zacker October 02, 2004
Super capture and composition! #817830Robin L. Wehrman October 02, 2004
WOW!! Outstanding and a super capture and timing, K!! #817937Robert Goodman October 02, 2004
Fantastic K,you can almost anticipate his landing!!!! #817956Karma Wilson October 02, 2004
I LOVE it K! So high energy and great composition on this!Karma #818015
Karen Engelbreth October 02, 2004
I've run out of superlatives. Just stunning! #818029Brenda W. LaFleur October 02, 2004
I like it a lot, Kelly. Nice work! #818120Kelly Abernathy October 02, 2004
Hi everyone! I just got back and all these comments are so nice to come home to! I really appreciate it!And Lisa - the high key exposure did come from manual exposure - although as a mistake - I was trying to get a normal exposure so the water would show up as panned, LOL. Here's what happened - I was trying to practice on some tough exposure shots while panning because this often happens with the wildlife action shots that I love to shoot. On the landing approach, the pelicans were either against dark green trees in the fading light of day or the water with the sunset shining on it. So there were several exposure stops difference and I was trying to practice keeping up with the dials while I panned. Some of the shots from this evening turned out okay, but on this one, I couldn't keep up changing the dials quick enough, so it ended up overexposed/high key and I thought it looked cool. But I wasn't sure what other people would think of it, so that's why I posted it for feedback. I may even try to overexose some panning shots in the future to see if I end up with anything presentable. But I did crop it to pano and cropped out another pelican on the water that I had panned through because I thought it was distracting. I also adjusted levels slightly to punch up the orange of the beak and legs some. I'll attach the original for your comparison. Thanks for the feedback everyone! Have a good one! -K #818188
Kelly Abernathy October 02, 2004
Here's the original -K #818190Terry R. Hatfield October 02, 2004
Hi K! looks great on this end looks like about a +1.0ev setting to me nice job:-) #818275Ed Heaton October 02, 2004
K,WELL DONE~ #818282
Jonna Bergström October 02, 2004
Great capture! Like the composition!
- Jonna #818299
Carol Brill October 02, 2004
Marvelous use of technique and also negative space here, K, great catch of the reflection...a very effective way to highlight this beautiful bird! #818419Susan T. Evans October 02, 2004
Terrific comp and use of negative space K! #818508Kelly Abernathy October 03, 2004
Thanks Terry, Ed, Jonna, Carol and Susan! I appreciate it -K #818978Dale Gast November 15, 2004
Congratulations, K!!!! #912155Cindy Cone November 15, 2004
Congratulations, K! #912455William C. Raco November 15, 2004
I told you this was special, K!bill #912485
Wally Orlowsky November 15, 2004
Congratulations on this awesome finalist, K! #912657Donald K. Cherry November 15, 2004
Congratulations on a wonderful finalist! Good luck in the coming round! #913356Claudia Kuhn November 15, 2004
Congratulations K! #913451Ed Heaton November 15, 2004
Again K,Terry R. Hatfield November 15, 2004
Congratulations On Your Finalist K!! #913696Joy Brown November 15, 2004
Congratulations on this terrific shot, K! #914094Deborah Lewinson November 15, 2004
Congrats again, K! #914330Wendy M. Amdahl November 15, 2004
Another great shot K...you're on a roll. Congrats! #914908Carol Brill November 15, 2004
So wonderful to revisit this image again, K, congratulations and best of luck to you in the finals! #914909Gary H. Minish November 15, 2004
Great capture, Kelly! A well deserved finalist. Congratulations :-) #915027Colleen Braun November 16, 2004
Congratulations... #915402Cathy Gregor November 16, 2004
Congrats, K!S J November 16, 2004
Congratulations on this superb finalist, K! #916737Kathleen Clemons November 16, 2004
More congrats, K! #916796Murry Grigsby November 16, 2004
Congrats Kelly!! #916966Patricia A. Kuniega November 16, 2004
Congratulations Kelly on this terrific photo! #917952Phil Sauvey November 16, 2004
Alright, K!!!! Another fine job! Congrats again! Best of luck! #918091Stanley J. Contrades November 16, 2004
Nice job, Kelly, and another big Congrats to you!! Good luck!!Nobu Nagase November 16, 2004
Congratulations, K!!!Darren K. Fisher November 16, 2004
Such a great capture. Awesome job Kelly and congrats to you. #919232Sharon Day November 19, 2004
Congratulations again, K!!! #926910Kelly Abernathy November 22, 2004
Thank you so much everyone! I really appreciate it! -K #932191Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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