Brown Pelican - changing

Posted by mstolting on Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:45 pm

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I was at La Jolla Cove this morning shooting lots of pelicans in breeding plumage. I only captured a few "keepers" of flight shots however, and this pelican - beginning to change into breeding plumage - is one of them. Full frame, some USM. I wish I could have kept the starboard wing in focus, but at f/5.6, lots of luck.

Canon 10D, Canon 100-400.
SS: 1/2000, Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 400

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by Fabs Forns on Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:52 pm

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I like your detail and the angle, it's usually the other way around, with the bird in the sky

Why did you use f 5.6? could have probably gone at least one f stop smaller and get better DOF. Well, I should know better, they don't give you advance notice of their flying plans

Thanks for sharing!

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by George Fellingham on Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:56 pm

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Good job catching it full frame - mine are usually smaller or clipped!

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by Ofer Levy on Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:11 pm

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This is sweet, I love the angle!

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by Lisa Gimber on Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:06 am

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Great Shot!

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by KK Hui on Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:50 am

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Yes, you had enough light to stop down for more dof ...
But then this is a great shot as is.
Like the approach and the light direction too. :roll:

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by Hendrix on Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:17 am

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nice detail

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by phurd on Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:50 am

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Nice shot. Love the detail and BG. DOF not a issue for me, I would have been happy to get a shot like this. Great work

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by Mike Wilson on Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:10 pm

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Nice flight image of this bird Michael. The light looks a little later in the day than is ideal for flight shots but you did well here. I was down there this morning and the skies were pretty gray but still plenty of birds to shoot. This is actually a 2nd or 3rd year bird molting to adult plumage and will not reach breeding plumage for another year or two. The dark head and white belly are characteristic of a subadult.

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by mstolting on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:32 pm

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Mike Wilson said: " This is actually a 2nd or 3rd year bird molting to adult plumage"
Thanks for the information Mike. I couldn't understand why most of them were in what I assumed was breeding plumage and this one only had a hint of what I thought was to come this season. You've explained the minor mistery to me and I always appreciate learning more about the wildlife that I photograph. Thanks.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:46 pm