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*Pelican Double*
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Copyright: Thorsten Buchen (thor68) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-18
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, SanDisk Ultra II 2GB, Hoya 58mm skylight
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/1000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-05-22 9:20
Viewed: 490
Points: 33
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Brown pelicans are so cool! :-)

I really had a great time capturing a few of them
on my recent trip through florida.

Here are an adult and an immature flying together.

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The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is the
smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it
is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is
106-137 cm in length, weighs from 2.75 to 5.5 kg and
has a wingspan from 1.83 to 2.5 m.

It lives strictly on coasts from Washington and
Virginia south to northern Chile and the mouth of the
Amazon River, as well as the island of Saut d'Eau in
Trinidad and Tobago. Some immature birds may stray to
inland freshwater lakes. After nesting, North American
birds move in flocks further north along the coasts,
returning to warmer waters for winter. Their young are
hatched in broods of about 3, and eat around 150 lbs.
of fish in the 8-10 month period they are cared for.

This bird is distinguished from the American White
Pelican by its brown body and its habit of diving for
fish from the air, as opposed to co-operative fishing
from the surface. It eats mainly herring-like fish.
Groups of Brown Pelicans often travel in single file,
flying low over the water's surface.

The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the
ground on an island to a bulky stick nest in a low
tree. These birds nest in colonies, usually on islands.

[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Pelican]

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hi Thorsten!
tres jolie photo!!! POF POV excelent le BG aussi et la nettetée agalement !!
vraiment tres réussie!! bravo
merci pour ton partage
a tres bientot
amicalement
Joffrey

Hi Thorsten,
What a wonderful moment, not one but two Pelicans inflight. Its even more wonderful that they are in the same position and that they are flying in such a beautiful area.
TFS,
Niek

Thorsten,
What a LOVELY, LOVELY image.
Great notes too.
When are you going home???
Regards,M.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3821 W: 190 N: 11376] (35063)
  • [2009-05-22 9:46]

Hello Thorsten,
A fine capture of this two Brown Pelicans in flight. The POV and the parallel wing formation are great, as well as the sharpness and sea BG.
Thanks for posting this excellent well-composed image.
Best regards,
Ivan

Hello Thorsten,
Impressive shot, very well composed, with a great management of light and beautiful tones. A top class nature shot! Congratulations,
Catherine

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2009-05-22 10:10]

Hi Thorsten,
Scene you captured, foreground, background, lighting, layers and colors look lovely. TFS
Greetings,
Selen

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 94 N: 5542] (17634)
  • [2009-05-22 11:22]

Hello Thorsten,
Great natural colours in this photo, in the Pelicans as well as in the water. Good sharpness, DOF, POV and BG.
Regards,
Peter

grat sharp capture, TFS Ori

Hi Thorsten,

I've been away a long time from Trek. I'm back now and i see that your pictures are still awesome. What a stunning shot. Great job.
TFS.

Serge

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  • tuslaw Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 511 W: 20 N: 1392] (4861)
  • [2009-05-22 18:02]

Excellent in-flight capture Thorsten!!
Love the fine detail in this beautiful stop action image!! Great colors with good exposure!! TFS.
Ron

Thorsten merhaba,aynı ritmin yakalanmış olması fotoğrafik anlamda çok değerli.Güzel bir ikili kompozisyon,sadeliği etkileyici,ellerine sağlık :)

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 15 N: 1607] (6263)
  • [2009-05-23 3:20]

Hello Thorsten
Good job, I like details and colors, perfect focus too.
Regards
Razvan

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5672] (18539)
  • [2009-05-23 5:52]

Hi Thorsten.
Simply amazing scene with two beautiful birds taken at superb POV. Poses of both birds, their similarity are stunning. I like great colouration of the sea and nice ripples. Bravo.
Alexei.

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  • Arjun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 359 W: 7 N: 1112] (5412)
  • [2009-05-23 12:15]

hi Thorsten,
Beautiful framing!!!
nice compo too
TFS

Hi Thorsten,

Well composed and a wonderful shot!
You are capturing well this flying double pelicans by good focus. And, technically it draws out good effect in the entire image about the contrast between the the front and the background as well as the color layers of sea surface changing by soft blue with gray - deep blue - green - deep blue.

Good work!

Regards,
mikio

This is one of the best pictures of pelican in flight. The things that are going for this picture is the synchronization of the wings of these two birds, directional space, lighting... super

perfect moment...

Hello Thorsten,
What a great capture. I have ofter seen these birds flying in military formation, but at a distance. The synchrony of the wings makes this an outstanding shot.'
Regards,
Greg

Thorsten, this is an outstanding photo of these Brown Pelicans. Just beautiful. Great job. Have a great day.

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