Comments on: Maybe Next Year … Pelican Wingstretch Editing Help Needed https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/06/28/maybe-next-year-pelican-wingstretch-editing-help-needed/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:15:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: George Cottay https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/06/28/maybe-next-year-pelican-wingstretch-editing-help-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1748717 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:15:41 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=48678#comment-1748717 In reply to john farnsworth.

Thanks for the reminder that beauty isn’t everything.

]]> By: George Cottay https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2017/06/28/maybe-next-year-pelican-wingstretch-editing-help-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1748716 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:12:33 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=48678#comment-1748716 For me, 09 is the clear winner because of head and wing position. I would keep both.

29 seems perfectly exposed with good detail in highlights and shadow, but 09 isn’t garbage. I’d love to try some spot exposure adjustment with the RAW.

On scene they may have been the same bird. On screen they are different in attitude and appearance. The perspective seems to make 29 a poor little pin head pelican whose bill can’t come close to filling his belly.

09 is a piece of cake because of the OOF background. 29 would be a fun adventure because of the ripple pattern. After a few tries I’d likely try a crop.

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