Motif: Australian Pelican

Posted by cahlander on Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:05 pm

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Canon 10D 300mm IS 2x
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With the pelican pictures that have been posted, the only interesting thing about this picture is that many of you have not seen this species.

Hope you enjoy the picture.

Any comments welcome.

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by Bill Whala on Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:43 pm

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Welcome to NatureScapes!!
This is an excellent first post. What a lovely pelican and you captured its beauty very well.

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:31 pm

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Great first post. Beautiful Pelican and a great photo.

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by Penney Goodwin on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:31 pm

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Gorgeous!

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by Laura Stiefel on Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:40 am

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A very nice look at the ruffled feathers!

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by Juli Wilcox on Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:26 am

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Well, if you're David, then I have seen this species before---posted by you! I have enjoyed both images very much and appreciate the different species view. I think this is the perfect first post.

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by Peterh on Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:32 am

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You beat me to it...

Excellent shot. Mine are much less, because when I met these there was no sun, only overcast light.

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by Mike Wilson on Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:19 am

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Pelicans are so cool. Love the dark feathers and the rubbery looking bill.

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by Anthony Medici on Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:20 am

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I like that head turn. Very nice first post. Welcome.

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:11 am

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Very nice, I like the ruffled feathers and that the head is turned back even though the body is going away.

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:38 am

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Cool looking Peli. Nice shot!

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by Heather Forcier on Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:02 am

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For me, the bird moving away in this image works very well - especially because of the head turn. Great to see a different kind of pelican, this one looks beautiful.

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by Jim Urbach on Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:01 pm

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Thanks for posting this fine looking chap from down under. I hope you get as fine an image when he's in breeding plummage.

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by cahlander on Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:35 pm

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Juli Wilcox wrote:Well, if you're David, then I have seen this species before---posted by you!

Yes, I am David, but I don't recall ever posting this image before. I'm still sorting the images that I took in Australia, getting ready to put them on a CD.
Thanks.

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by Juli Wilcox on Sat Oct 25, 2003 12:31 am

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Could you have posted this species but not this particular image? I haven't seen very many photos of this species so it kind of stands out.

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by cahlander on Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:47 am

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Juli Wilcox wrote:Could you have posted this species but not this particular image?

I don't think so.

I have several images of this species form Sep. 2003, and some non-digital images from 1999, but I'm sure that I have not posted any other than this.
Thanks for your interest.

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