Brown Pelican dive

Posted by Steve Metildi on Wed May 19, 2004 1:46 am

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The reason I just got a 1D Mk II is so next time I'm photographing a Brown Pelican its bill will be about 1/2 to 2 inches into the water surface.

Nikon D1X, 80-200mm f/2.8

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by Mike Wilson on Wed May 19, 2004 4:00 am

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Sweet! Bolsa? Wish it was higher in the frame but the detail on the feathers is awesome.

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by LHays on Wed May 19, 2004 5:46 am

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I'm with Mike on wanting it higher in the frame. But oh my goodness....what a shot.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed May 19, 2004 7:19 am

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Incredible shot Steve. Great timing, especially for a D1X.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed May 19, 2004 7:46 am

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Great catch Steve!!

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by fredcor on Wed May 19, 2004 7:49 am

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Incredible action, I remember seeing these diving a many years ago on a vacation in Virginia Beach; the diving was very fast.

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by whf4 on Wed May 19, 2004 8:13 am

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That's pretty neat; I bet the full-size is astounding!

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by chriscove on Wed May 19, 2004 8:33 am

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Great work!

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed May 19, 2004 8:39 am

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Wonderful shot, Steve.

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by Steve Metildi on Wed May 19, 2004 9:31 am

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Mike Wilson wrote:Sweet! Bolsa? Wish it was higher in the frame but the detail on the feathers is awesome.

Thanks for viewing and you comments Mike. Yes, this was taken at Bolsa Chica last November. They were diving so close to the bridge that I got water drops on my lens. I was also able to switch from my 80-400 to my 80-200 f/2.8. This shot was taken at 145mm so that also tells you how close they were.

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by Neil Solomon on Wed May 19, 2004 9:38 am

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Great capture of the action. Just out of curiosity, were you shooting in continuous mode and if you were, what did you get the frame before and the frame after?

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by Steve Metildi on Wed May 19, 2004 9:45 am

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Neil Solomon wrote:Great capture of the action. Just out of curiosity, were you shooting in continuous mode and if you were, what did you get the frame before and the frame after?

Thanks for viewing and your comments Neil. Yes, I was shooting in continuous mode. I checked the original sequence and I don't think any of the shots before or after this one turned out because I deleted them. If they were marginal I would have kept them. The D1X only shoots at 3 FPS so the ones before and after could have been clipped. The other thought I have is maybe this was a single shot still shot in continuous because I was trying to time the Pelican.

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by Jack Frank on Wed May 19, 2004 9:59 am

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Steve

Very nice capture and the timing is great also

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed May 19, 2004 11:53 am

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Steve,

Great timing. This is an excellent shot of the diving action.

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by Vincent on Wed May 19, 2004 12:15 pm

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Wow, this is excellent!

Congrats.

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by Gaelo on Wed May 19, 2004 12:22 pm

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Amazing!

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by AlexC on Wed May 19, 2004 1:25 pm

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Wonderful Kamikaze capture, just wonderful!! My kind of image!!
Congrats!!

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by Michael Wolf on Thu May 20, 2004 10:55 am