Pelican City

FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
edited October 9, 2007 in Wildlife
A few more Pelican shots from Northern California, Got lucky,these guys were feeding, I had the opportunity to get really close. 1DMK3, 400 5.6

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    Outstanding series. clap.gif I would love to critique them but I don't see any room for improvement.
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    WHERE did you take these? The only place I know of to get close to pelicans on a reliable basis is near Pismo Beach... Sometimes you can get close at Santa Cruz, but most of my haunts they are rather skittish and fly away if humans approach too closely.

    Great shots, that's my goal, to get shots like yours. Lighting was good, love the water and some of the reflections too. You must have been happy with the photo opp!
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    Wow! What color and detail. I don't think you have a problem with the 1D Mark III focusing properly. Amazing shots.
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  • Louis ChampanLouis Champan Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    An excellent series. You've caught some great action shots here and processed them very well. Great Job.

    Louie
  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    Wow! Very nice shots!clap.gif I can't pick a favourite...
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    oh man....these are fantastic:ivar wings.gif
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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    Harryb wrote:
    Outstanding series. clap.gif I would love to critique them but I don't see any room for improvement.

    Thanks Harry

    Steve
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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    Dee wrote:
    WHERE did you take these? The only place I know of to get close to pelicans on a reliable basis is near Pismo Beach... Sometimes you can get close at Santa Cruz, but most of my haunts they are rather skittish and fly away if humans approach too closely.

    Great shots, that's my goal, to get shots like yours. Lighting was good, love the water and some of the reflections too. You must have been happy with the photo opp!

    Thanks Dee

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    Maestro wrote:
    Wow! What color and detail. I don't think you have a problem with the 1D Mark III focusing properly. Amazing shots.

    Thanks so much, when the MK3 locks on it's by far the best camera I have ever used,the color and detail that this camera produces is 2nd to none

    Steve
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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    Froggy wrote:
    A few more Pelican shots from Northern California

    Hi Froggy, Great shots and the lighting was perfect. We don't have the brown pelicans around here but had one pair of whites last fall that stayed for about a month. For as large as they are the whites were very graceful in flight. Watching the whites fish was also very interesting, they were in absolute unison and would look at each other before they went under to push the fish to each other. Super shots.
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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    PrescottPhotog wrote:
    Hi Froggy, Great shots and the lighting was perfect. We don't have the brown pelicans around here but had one pair of whites last fall that stayed for about a month. For as large as they are the whites were very graceful in flight. Watching the whites fish was also very interesting, they were in absolute unison and would look at each other before they went under to push the fish to each other. Super shots.

    Thanks so much, we get the whites here also but they tend to be fresh water species, it's amazing how graceful this big guys are in the air.

    When they skim the top of the ocean inches off of the surface I'm always in awe watching them

    Steve
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