Motif: White Pelican quartet


Posted by Chris Valentine on Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:34 pm

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Not too many pelicans in Missouri but I'll throw my hat in the ring. This was cropped a little more then I usually like (50%) but needed to get rid of a half bird to the right and some unnecessary sky.

Taken on a foggy early May morning in NW Missouri, the 96th shot taken from my once shiny new 10D (now on #5800+ :shock: ) . The fog helped to hide the reflection of houses on the other side of the lake.

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+1/2 when converted from RAW
ISO 200
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by Chip Estabrooks on Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:55 pm
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"Group" shots are hard to pull off. You've done a great job here. I like the fact that you captured all the blue eyes and fog adds imo.
I have always been amazed at the number of white pelicans we have here in Missouri.
Nice shot.
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by Bill Whala on Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:02 pm
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I love this photo, Chris. The symmetry of the three birds is wonderful. The fourth bird breaking the pattern adds a lot of interest, tension, and drama to this. This is an image I can look at for hours. The crop works well for me.


Very, very well done!!
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by Alan Murphy on Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:39 pm
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Chris, this is so angelic. Low all the tones. awesome photo.
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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:59 pm
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Beautiful image witg a soft, misty feel to it.
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by Laura Stiefel on Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:05 pm
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Ditto to everything Alan said. I love the soft tones and that you can see all of the eyes so well.
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by AlexC on Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:24 pm
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The Mormon Tabernacle Quartet!!, What wonderful faces!!!
Very nice, Congrats!!! 8)
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by Lillian Roberts on Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:25 pm
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I really like your composition here. That's quite an elaborate "breeding bump" on the foremost birds!
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by Sheri Whala on Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:56 pm
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Very nice! I love all of the eyes! Just cool!
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by Dennis Olivero on Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:15 pm
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This is a really cool shot IMHO Chris and very tough to get it right... Nice work!
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:42 am
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This is outstanding - I love the high key image created by the fog.
 

by KK Hui on Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:58 am
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I love group shots and you have done very well with this one, Chris! :lol:
The soft feel tells the story ...
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by LHays on Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:39 am
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Very nice....the fog adds such a nice mood and the symmetry of the birds are excellent. Great job!
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by Alan Melle on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:07 am
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This is excellent! Love the soft light and having all the eyes clearly visible makes the image.
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:01 pm
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Different, effective, well done
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by Bill Keown on Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:45 pm
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Nice group of pelicans. I like that all the eyes are visable and the front three are sharp.

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by Anthony Medici on Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:51 pm
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:shock: Very nicely done and a great crop. 8)
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by Mike Wilson on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:41 am
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This is very cool. Love those plates on their bills.
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by cjw on Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:39 pm
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I really, really like this. It's awesome!
 

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