Pelican shot - First Post

SteveFSteveF Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
edited May 27, 2005 in Wildlife
Hello,

My name is Steve - I'd never heard of dgrin until a few hours ago.

By chance I'd happened to buy an item from Andy last week. This week I happened to sell an item to wxwax (Sid). Talking on the phone Sid brought up this forum and I decided to take a look.

Always good to contribute so I thought I start with a photo I processed recently. Taken in La Jolla, California - lots of pelicans there. What amazes me about them is that they can glide for such extended periods 6" off the water without flapping their wings.

Tech info - 1dsm2, 300/2.8 IS with 1.4x, 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 800, handheld

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And a crop from a 30" wide print looks like

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Comments, criticisms welcomed.
Steve
www.finesart.com

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2005
    wave.gif steve, hey there! welcome to dgrin!

    now you've done it tho, everyone's gonna beat me up for selling stuff, just watch rolleyes1.gif

    glad you're here, and lovely pelicans!
    Andy

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2005
    btw dgrinners: if you want a thrill, have a look at steve's most excellent work deal.gif
    Andy

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 26, 2005
    Welcome Steve thumb.gif
    Excellent 1st post, I'll go chk your gallery in min.
    Funny you should post this one I just go back from blowin a pretty good chance at PBIF, oh well back to the drawing board :D
    Benjamin
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,950 moderator
    edited May 27, 2005
    Welcome aboard!

    Ian
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2005
    Welcome to D/grin steve...3 in a row like that is a good catch.

    Love that pelican effect.

    Gus
  • SusanBSusanB Registered Users Posts: 281 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Welcome to D/grin steve...3 in a row like that is a good catch.

    Love that pelican effect.

    Gus
    Steve, super pic of the trio of pelicans and, cool link Gus to the info on the Pelican aircraft. I appreciate how those guys glide so effortlessly over the water even more now.clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Susan
  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2005
    Welcome Steve. Your gallery is most impressive.
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2005
    Hi Steve
    SteveF wrote:
    Hello,

    My name is Steve - I'd never heard of dgrin until a few hours ago.

    By chance I'd happened to buy an item from Andy last week. This week I happened to sell an item to wxwax (Sid). Talking on the phone Sid brought up this forum and I decided to take a look.
    First time I ever saw Brown Pelicans was on the Internet, we have the big White one's here where I live in Australia.........I always thought those Brown ones had been caught in an Oil Slick or something aweful like that, then I realized they are just a different species of Pelican :D silly me rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

    I had a quick look at your Gallery Steve, very very nice, I see you've been to UTAH and photographed those beautiful Antelope Canyons.

    Welcome to the forum Steve........thanks for sharing..... Skippy (Australia)
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    :skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
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