Motif: White Pelican Parade

Posted by Harvey Edelman on Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:59 am

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Canon EOS 1D
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Sigmqa 50-500mm.
ISO 200
Aperature Priority
Evaluative Metering -1/3
F5.7 @ 1/1250 Sec.

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by Brian L. Zwiebel on Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:26 am

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Hi Harvey,

Love this image! Especially the following points: wing angle of most all the birds is the same, bow wake of the lead bird, pano crop, stilts in the BG etc. No nits here, but I do wonder how it would work with just a little more water on the bottom.

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by Alan Murphy on Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:32 am

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Great shot Harvey. The little distance between the first bird and the second bird make this image work for me. I would take some off the top and put it on the bottom.

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by Matt Cox on Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:39 am

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Very nice, Harvey. Cropping this to a panoramic really works well and the arrangement of pelicans fits the frame left-to-right perfectly, with open space in just the right places. This group would look great against an all blue-water background.

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by Dan Barthel on Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:43 am

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Great shot. The two critical things in my mind are that the lead has room to go somewhere, and as mentioned earlier the gap between the lead and the pack. It's lonely at the top.

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by Juli Wilcox on Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:54 am

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Holy smoke! Look at those waders in the BG!! I like the pelican arrangement but might have gone nuts for the stilts and even yellow legs (?) in the BG.

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by Ken Cravillion on Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:08 am

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Awesome. The pelicans are going right and the BG birds are going left. Nice.

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:32 am

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For some reason those Stilts in the background are cracking me up. Nice shot

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by Sandy Mossberg on Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:16 am

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Nice pano, Harvey. These white pelicans seem to have a military bent - they often line up like soldiers.

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by George DeCamp on Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:35 am

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I like this one, great idea with the pano and neat birds in the BG too...very nice!

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by Mike Wilson on Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:14 pm

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Those two in the middle are asking,"When are we going to stop? We need to go to the bathroom."

Well seen and taken.

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by Bill Whala on Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:32 pm

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I think the pano crop works very well with this. If it is possible, I would also like some off the top and more added to the bottom.

A very humorous but interesting shot.

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by Karen S on Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:36 pm

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Very cool Harvey...I like the pano. crop.

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by Ken Newcombe on Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:34 pm

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Neat shot, the Stilts add anotehr element to this composition and the fact they are pointed opposite to the Pelicans is an addition.

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by Laura Stiefel on Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:35 pm

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This does look like a parade! Nice capture, Harvey.

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by Rich S on Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:43 pm

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Love it! Pano works well, but it's the front one turning a bit to see if the rest are following that cracks me up.

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by Scott Allen on Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:04 pm

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I love the crop. Well done!

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Great light and shooting to you all!

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by AlexC on Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:02 pm

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Excellent pano and composition, but I suspect the Pelicans are going in the wrong direction if you ask the stilts!! Very nice indeed!! Congrats!!

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by Jim Urbach on Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:03 pm

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Harvey, A most interesting composition. I like the pano and how they all are headed in the same direction. What makes it even more interesting are the birds in the BG. Where and when did you take this?

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by Harvey Edelman on Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:48 pm

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Jim Urbach wrote: Where and when did you take this?

Jim

Eagle Lakes Park in Naples 4/27/03. Lots and lots of birds.

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