Posts Tagged: Birds


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Mar 10

Polar Coordinates and the Pelican

photograph of a brown pelican distorted by a Photoshop filterToday’s post is another example of using Photoshop’s Polar Coordinates filter to radically transform an image. I explained the process here in Monday’s post. The original image (scroll down to see) is of a brown pelican drying its feathers on a boat dock in Moss Landing, California. The distorted image emphasizes the sweep of the bill and the wing feathers but leaves the eye distinct, a nice touch, I think.

photograph of a brown pelican drying its wings at Moss Landing, California


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Jan 10

Pelican Taking Flight

Pelican in flight at Moss Landing, CaliforniaThis pelican is taking off from underneath the Highway 1 bridge as it crosses Elkhorn Slough near the power plant in Moss Landing, California. The shutter speed was 1/400th of a second in order to freeze some of the motion. The head and eye and part of the body are in sharp focus while the wings are partially blurred, suggesting motion. The pelican seems to be flying out of the frame.