So my biggest annoyance here is the lens flare on the pelican's chest near his beak. Not much that I know of could fix that with basic editing. I used fill light in Camera RAW, ran noise ninja, adjusted levels slightly and then cropped. I'm not sold on the crop. It didn't have the same mood when I cropped out the sun and reflections from the water, but I just wish that the bird had been facing the other direction.
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I'd have cropped out the sun highlights here - leaving focus on your beautiful pelican. The water is unimportant to your subject, except for the effect it has on it.
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