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Pelican Formation

by Howard Cheek

Gallery: AvianPosted May 26, 2010121 views8 comments
The American White Pelican is a huge white bird with a nine-foot wingspan. American White Pelicans have an enormous orange bills and distensible gular (throat) pouches. Breeding adults have a laterally flattened horn on the upper mandible.
F/11, 1/1600th, ISO 1600, Canon 1D M3 with a 300mm f/2.8 lens and monopod.

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on May 26, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Beautiful picture, Howard! Great light. IMHO perhaps a bit more room around the Pelicans would give more breath to the image.
Mauro
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 26, 2010 at 8:59 AM
Would if I could Mauro, was lucky to fit them in using my fixed focal length lens.
Thank you :wavey:
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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on May 26, 2010 at 9:01 AM
I like the DOF and lighting and exposure of the whites. Great shot.
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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 26, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Beautiful.ove the white against the dark bg and the symmetry of the birds.
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Comment posted by Bryan Hix on May 26, 2010 at 11:16 PM
Great species. It's a little tight for my taste and I might try to bring up the shadows a bit especially in the LL bird.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 26, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Nice group image, Howard. Excellent job on the exposure. I'm not sure what you cropped away, but this feels a bit tight to me. :toast:
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 2, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Here I've added canvas and extended the BG slightly top and front..
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 2, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Nice job on the repost, Howard. The extra bit of canvas really helps. It's still fairly tight, but I think with the right matting to give the illusion of more space around them, that it will be a real winner. :toast:
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