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Elegance
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Copyright: Niek Bouwen (SunToucher) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2345 W: 206 N: 2785] (10177)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-18
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon 400 5.6L
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My photos @ Burgers' Zoo & Noorder Dierenpark, Pelecaniformes (pelicans and relatives) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-25 4:51
Viewed: 1003
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Since weather and time and not permitting me to go outside and make photos, I pulled out a photo from my zoo archive.

This shot was made with the borrowed prime lens in the Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem.

The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes. The tree nest is a crude heap of vegetation.

This is a large pelican, at 160cm length and with a 280cm wingspan. It differs from the Dalmatian Pelican by its pure white, rather than greyish-white, plumage, a bare pink facial patch around the eye and pinkish legs. Immature birds are grey and have dark flight feathers.

More than 50% of White Pelicans breed in the Danube Delta. This pelican migrates short distances, wintering in northeast Africa. In flight, it is an elegant soaring bird, with the head held close to and aligned with the body by a downward bend in the neck.

Pelicans catch fish in their huge bill pouches, most, like this species, while swimming at the surface.

Like the Dalmatian Pelican, this species has declined greatly through habitat loss and persecution.

The White Pelican is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
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Hi Niek

Nice crop. This shows excellent textures. Very nice work. :-) Our Christmas Day is nearing the end. Hope your is progressing well. Merry Christmas from New Zealand.

Hello Niek,
Good looking girl indeed!
Bold framing and superb details, an excellent image and very well done!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2006-12-25 7:16]

Hier kun je echt zien wat een L-lens voor je kan doen; een prachtige, scherpe focus en heldere kleuren. Heel mooi Niek! De close-up vind ik qua compositie ook echt heel erg mooi. Goed gedaan.

Groet,
Pieter

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2173 W: 220 N: 4384] (14904)
  • [2006-12-25 7:38]

WOW! IMPRESSIVE!
I'm beginning why people like prime lenses :)
This is a very "close-up" picture :)
The details here are simply fantastic!!! I especially like its "neck" and that folded membrane with all its wrincles...amazing!
The sharpness is perfect, the exposure is excellently managed and the natural colors are a beauty.
A truely charming work!

Bravo, TFS and Happy Holidays, my friend!
Horia

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2006-12-25 8:00]

Hi Niek,
Absoletely eye-catching image! Pose, composition and pov are impressive to me. Wonderful colors, light and crop.
Have a wonderful holidays!
José M.

Salut Niek
Il est très joli ce portrait de ce pélican,les couleurs et les détails sont très jolis.
Merci et au revoir...JP

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1515 W: 18 N: 3165] (11638)
  • [2006-12-25 12:13]

Hi Niek

The weather has turned grey and miserable here so I can't go out either. Nice to see another shot from this trip. Lovely colours, light and textures

Merry Christmas

Karan

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12252)
  • [2006-12-26 8:03]

Bon portrait,bonne expression et bon détails. Bonne Année Niek!
Joseph

Ooh, that's a tight one Niek! the plumage, textures and subtle light make this work well. Good job and a happy New year a head...

Niek,
I really cannot figure out how you capture such minute
details.
Very well done, this photo.
Superb should be the word,
Best regards,
Mario.

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