Motif: Brown Pelican headthrow


Posted by Mike Wilson on Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:09 pm

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It's fun to try and get one of these headthrows on film. La Jolla, Dec. 02, full frame.
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by Alan Murphy on Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:24 pm
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Mike, this is incredible. I cannot find one nit. Great photo.
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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:33 pm
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Very cool and unusual!
 

by Bill Whala on Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:34 pm
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Pelican Man throws down the gauntlet. "Let the Motif Begin" :lol:

Excellent shot Mike. No nits from me either.
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by Bill Keown on Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:40 pm
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Cool shot, nice capture. Love it.

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by Penney Goodwin on Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:45 pm
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No kidding! Gosh, this is great!
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by AlexC on Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:36 pm
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I only wish I could stretch that well!!!, Wonderful behavioral shot!!
Excellent technicals!!! Congrats!! 8)
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by Greg Downing on Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:44 pm
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Very cool and funny, though I do wish I could see the eye.
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by Chip Estabrooks on Sat Oct 18, 2003 10:18 pm
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Different and nicely done.
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by Anthony Medici on Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:13 pm
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I always thought that these guys brains get a little messed up when they dive in head first the way they do. :D I've never seen this before and I like the way you captured it. :shock:
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by LHays on Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:44 am
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Oh...what a pose.....what a shot. Very interesting.....I get a crick in my neck just looking at it. Great capture.
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:50 am
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Mike,

This is very well composed. Nice work capturing this behavior.
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by Bob Ettinger on Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:10 am
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Different but well done.
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by Paul Fusco on Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:55 pm
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Wild shot, Mike!

Great action and good job getting it.

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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Oct 19, 2003 7:25 pm
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Mike- This is a really fun shot! I like the texture of the pouch as displayed here. Very unique and I really like the composition with the bird's head pointing to the corner.
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by digimies on Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:08 am
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For a person who hasn't seen pelicans too much (me) it is taking awful lot of time to sort out what is going on ;) You have documented the behaviour very well indeed!
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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Oct 20, 2003 6:58 am
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by Neil Solomon on Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:31 am
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Mike,

I really like this image. This is one pose I want to work on capturing this winter. You did a good job positioning yourself to get the head throw full frame.
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