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Posted by Juan E. Bahamon on Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:55 pm

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Canon 1D Canon 600IS at f8 1/1250 ISO 400 Gitzo Tripod Wimberley Head Hans Suter Park, Corpus Christi, Texas.

When the tide is high the white pelicans like to frolic close to the board and the late afternoon light saturate them very nicely. This one is my favorite. All comments appreciated. Thanks for looking.
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by Alan Murphy on Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:07 pm
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Beautiful light. Those feet just suck you in. Great photo Juan.
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by Chris Valentine on Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:11 pm
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What a wonderful image. The light is great and the white against the blue background really stands out. Oh yah, and the bird’s placement in the frame is right one. The only very small thing is that I feel it needs the slightest clock-wise rotation to get the horizon parallel. LOVE IT!
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by AlexC on Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:15 pm
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Juan, A wonderful Peli, indeed!!!, Great pose , composition and wing span, lovely colors and a wonderful light to boot!!!, Marvelous all around!!!, Almost looks 3D to me !!!
Congrats!!! 8) 8) 8)
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by Wayne Nicholas on Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:29 pm
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The off level horizon has been mentioned. Perfect timing on the shutter IMO. The comp and lighting are beautiful. Gotta love that Hans Suter Park action!
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by Dennis Olivero on Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:21 pm
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sweet landing turn,, nice work!
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:37 am
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Some intense yellows here. A very nice flight shot.
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by KK Hui on Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:41 am
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I vote for the light and the resulting colors here, especially the bright red feet ...
What a wonderful flight shot, Juan! :lol:
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by digimies on Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:28 am
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I wouldn't change a thing in this picture. Great contrast is coming from quality sun light, my favourite photographing situation.
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by LHays on Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:51 am
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Oh do I love the colors in this one. Nice job!
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by Jim Neely on Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:25 am
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WOW, another beauty, Juan.

Everything about this is wonderful.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:41 am
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Juan,

Excellent shot. The saturated colors are wonderful. I really like the diagonal wing span.
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by Bill Whala on Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:06 am
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Beautiful golden light really makes this pelican pop. This is a very nice flight shot!!
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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:06 am
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Beautiful, Juan. Is it a tad oversaturated? The horizon fix might get the wings pretty close to the edge of the frame.
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by Steve Mason on Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:17 am
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Great flight shot!
Love the light.
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by Rob Palmer on Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:57 am
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Great light and very nice framing.
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by Lillian Roberts on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:23 am
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This is wonderful! If that saturation is not done in PS, I'm really impressed. These birds are hard to get good images of, and this one rocks!
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by Alan Melle on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:37 am
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This has great potential. Just for fun I brought it up in PS, rotated it 1.75 degrees CW, Cropped it in 3:2 ratio and added a bit more USM and it became a killer image. (I've also deleted it from the harddrive)

Great light and wonderful timing!
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by Heather Forcier on Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:16 pm
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Beautiful, not only the bird but I love the tones in the background. The detail on the bird is just great, too. On my monitor the oranges look a bit oversaturated, but I should probably check my monitor (or it's just a factor of the light as you said). Really great shot, Juan! Not easy to get a pelican in flight with those wingspans.
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Very nice flight shot! Wonderful colors!
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