Shorebirds, including some bifs :-)

SusanB

Hi everyone. I visited Kamah, Texas last February and just got the chance to process the pix. Kemah is a shrimping village on the Texas coast about 45 minutes southwest of Houston. I went down for the sunset and found total overcast and some cool residents.

Critique appreciated if you have the time.

The Buddy System



the first bif, a brown pelican I believe, altho' with the low light 'twas difficult to avoid motion blur



daily chores are always easier with a friend



really soft, but kind of pretty, this is the first time I've noticed the brown flight and tail feathers on this otherwise white feathered bird. Does anyone know if this is common?



I had the worst time trying to resolve the glare in the sky behind this guy, as the sun was setting just behind him in the overcast but, the scene is funny as these guys stop at nothing for a meal.



where you find the in crowd




Dusk arrives and there is always the search for food from the shrimp companies and restaurants




Going Home



Thanks for looking,

Susan

bfjr

Hi Susan
Like the comp in the 1st
Like the way the pelican looks in 5th shot
The single pelican BIF is good to bad about the wires and buildings in background, got plenty myself

Don't think I care much for the white borders on the images, but ya know JMO

SusanB

bfjr wrote:

Hi Susan
Like the comp in the 1st
Like the way the pelican looks in 5th shot
The single pelican BIF is good to bad about the wires and buildings in background, got plenty myself

Don't think I care much for the white borders on the images, but ya know JMO

Thanks Ben, I appreciate your input.

The first is my fav. Glad you get a kick out of #5 : I left the wires, etc. in to show the neighborhood a bit, maybe it didn't quite do the trick :uhoh I decided to do something different so I added the white borders, inspired in part by the marine theme of blue an white.

Thanks again,

Susan

bfjr

SusanB wrote:

Thanks Ben, I appreciate your input.

The first is my fav. Glad you get a kick out of #5 : I left the wires, etc. in to show the neighborhood a bit, maybe it didn't quite do the trick :uhoh I decided to do something different so I added the white borders, inspired in part by the marine theme of blue an white.

Thanks again,

Susan

yeah I looked again and maybe just not so much white border

Harryb

Hi Susan,

Very nice series of shots. You did pretty good here considering that you didn't have too much light to work with. Some of the shots seem a tad underexposed especially the first pelican flight shot. I would have done a bit more EV adjustment on the positive side. Excellent captures.

Dee

White Pelicans, a treat!
I live near San Francisco, CA and only rarely see the white pelicans, so this is really a treat. I loved the ones of the gull and pelican mimicking each other!

SusanB

Harryb wrote:

Hi Susan,

Very nice series of shots. You did pretty good here considering that you didn't have too much light to work with. Some of the shots seem a tad underexposed especially the first pelican flight shot. I would have done a bit more EV adjustment on the positive side. Excellent captures.

Thanks Harry,

The limited light, aside from my not too fast reacations when I realized I had a shot was the biggest factor. I see what you mean re the exposure, looks like I should have checked the histogram and increased the EV. I need to think about that the next time.

Thanks for the input, much appreciated,

Susan

SusanB

Dee wrote:

I live near San Francisco, CA and only rarely see the white pelicans, so this is really a treat. I loved the ones of the gull and pelican mimicking each other!

Hi Dee,

So that is what a white pelican looks like Glad that you've enjoyed checking this one out. I do not recall seeing them here in the LA/OC area either. Thanks for letting me know about them : ,

Susan

Kirwin

I have a difficult time catching decent BIF shots in full daylight. Here you are doing it at twilight! Nice series!

SusanB

Kirwin wrote:

I have a difficult time catching decent BIF shots in full daylight. Here you are doing it at twilight! Nice series!

Thanks Kirwin, :

I appreciate your encouraging words. I'm learning, as it was, I still ran the pix through Neat Image, and they probably would have been better if I used greater than 800 iso and increased the EV, even tho' I adjusted the raw images here. Then I could have gotten a faster shutter speed and better exposure. Now I know

Susan