A wondrous bird is the pelican

An experiment to extract the bird from the background as a study on a textured/faint background.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wonderful ! fav

[Diana]

This worked so incredibly well, stunning image and light.

[Carole Sandford]

I’d say it worked wonderfully well! This is a stunning image!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

his beak can hold more than his belly can, I wonder how the hell he can ... love it

[Valerie Chesney]

Wow! The result is stunning.. Fav

[Esther Rosenberg]

Well done!!

[Kerry McCarthy]

This makes for a very interesting result! Great photo of the pelican.

[Mark Prince]

Wonderful result.

[Peter Dulis]

well done

[Renee Salamon]

Nice result

[Allison Maltese]

A nice high key image. This would work well for home decor.

[Merrelyn]

Nicely done.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful image.

[Fisher Family]

An impressive result!

Ian

[carol white]

Beautifully presented.Fav😊

[Rob Z]

It worked really well. What did you use to make this happen?

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Amazing shot

[gloria jones]

Oustanding...

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful done with a great nice result.

[Islandgirl]

Gorgeous on the white background!

[Kathy]

The eye and pink beak are quite set off in the light background and are fascinating.

[Walks @ 7]

Most excellent

[LManning (Laura)]

Looks amazing!

[Wylie]

@robz HI Rob, I just selected the pelican (carefully) in photoshop and layered it over a texture that I washed out, then added a shadow.

[Rick]

Cool capture and edit.

[eDorre]

Neat edit

[haskar]

Great shot and edit.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like the high-key treatment. Looks great on black!

[Rob Z]

@pusspup Thanks for your reply Wylie. The addition of the shadow was a super idea - it finished it off so nicely. Cheers Rob