Starting The Descent

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• ellis49 (28941)
• [2006-05-12 0:11]
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Hi Scott,
this is a great shot, the exposure and details are spot on.
Lovely colours and good POV.
Very well done.

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• valy67 (5276)
• [2006-05-12 0:34]
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This is a wonderful shot ! Details, colors and compostiion are excellent, and I love this perfect blue sky. The unusual POV from underneath the bird is nice too. Very well done !
Valérie.

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• manyee (20016)
• [2006-05-12 2:04]
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Interesting landing pose, Scott.
Very interesting note too, about the pelicans taking advantage of the stunned fish. What clever birds.
Great details and light. TFS. : )

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• red45 (26975)
• [2006-05-12 2:22]
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Hi Scott!
Flawless capture! It is very hard to take photo of bird against bright sky, but you did it excellent. Colours and details are very nice, same as pose. Both, bird and sky are very well exposured. Great job!

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• pablominto (15576)
• [2006-05-12 3:07]
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Hello Scott,
The action is so well frozen here, and the moment is just right!
But still with superb colours and details, and framing is very pleasant...
An image for textbooks!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• Nephrotome2 (1838)
• [2006-05-12 3:14]
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• viv (3128)
• [2006-05-12 4:58]
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Hello Scott,
Great shot, everything is good, POV sharpness colours ant the BG.
Thanks
Vivian

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• aido (4046)
• [2006-05-12 5:08]
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Hi Scott,
Fantastic in-flight shot, nicely framed and as you say at 200mm pretty close! Excellent exposure, perfect detail and colour. A well taken and excellent in-flight shot, interesting note, you have to feel sorry for the fish though, a turbine then a pelican :-)
Cheers,
Adrian

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• osse (7755)
• [2006-05-12 5:25]
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Hi Scott
Nice inflight shot. Good sharpnes, details, colours and POV
Well done

osse

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• Janice (17794)
• [2006-05-12 6:13]
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Landing gears down, all ready to land.
Very good inflight shot Scott, the colours and sharpness and actions are superb! Well done,
Janice

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• marhowie (35311)
• [2006-05-12 6:35]
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Hi Scott,
Cool inflight!!
You nailed the exposure and DOF in this one.
Excellent sharpness and detail..you nailed it again :)
Very well composed, interesting POV from underneath as it seems to making a turn downward...
Very well done mf!

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-05-12 8:08]
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Hello Scott!
Excellent in flight capture.POV,lighting,details,moment you caught and composition are wonderful.Very well exposed against the blue sky.TFS...:-)

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• saguzar (6914)
• [2006-05-12 9:07]
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Hi Scott,
Another excellent in flight capture. Good composition and details on pelikan; blue sky looks really nice.
Regards
Hernán

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• Dando (3080)
• [2006-05-12 10:26]
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Hi Scott, nice inflight shot with good details and exposure. Well captured and TFS.
Dean.

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• timonejoon (760)
• [2006-05-12 10:45]
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Hello Scot

I just can say wow, everything is perfect, DOF and POV, lovely shot, i love it.
well done

thanks 4 sharing
regards
timone

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• jmp (8406)
• [2006-05-12 10:58]
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Hi Scott,
Very good composition, light, color and over all moment.
TFS
José M.

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• elefantino (13877)
• [2006-05-12 12:03]
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A gret shot!
Really detailed and colorfull.
Well exposed and composed.
Andrea

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• pilonm (2743)
• [2006-05-12 12:09]
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Hello Scott,

Excellent picture (and not easy to get) of this pelican! Colors are natural and wonderful. Great pov, composition and lots of details!!! I like it alot! TFS,

Michel

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• sAner (4742)
• [2006-05-12 12:12]
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Wow! This is a great shot Scott! I like the blue sky a lot. The details are sharp and the compo is wonderful. Exposure is perfect. TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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• christophe (1783)
• [2006-05-12 12:39]
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Hi Scott
Nothing to declare, just perharps excellent
Regards
Christophe

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• Graal (5002)
• [2006-05-12 14:59]
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Hi Scott,
great shot, good captured a moment. I like the colours and composition. Interesting note also. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-05-12 18:43]
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Hi Scott,
wonderful in flight shot. Great POV and excellent exposure. The details are nice and sharp.
TFS..Sky

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• loot (9407)
• [2006-05-12 20:04]
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Hi Scott
This pelican's landing gear are fully deployed, just a pitty I do not have such devices and had to hold on for dear life after I almost became airborne, looking at this extraordinary photo of yours. Great stuff.
Excellent composition, beautiful POV, stunning colours, lovely sky (BG), and perfect lighting.
Very well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• fiyo (8876)
• [2006-05-13 2:35]
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Hello Scott,amazing capture; sharpness, colors, light, composition, everything is excellent ! TFS

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• ScottHale (420)
• [2006-05-13 8:20]
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Scott,
Ahhhh, I remember this day as if it were yesterday. Cold as heck and sunny. I couldn't believe how many pelicans there were. You captured this one well, I like his webbed feet and the detail on his breast feathers.
This guy was circling to land....it seems like the position he's in. They curl their neck like this. Nice blue sky and composition. You gave him plenty of room to fly into. You can make this Canon 20 Rock!
Glad you posted this as it brought back a great memory.
Scott

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• EOSF1 (23221)
• [2006-05-13 12:34]
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Hi Scott, a very well done in-flight shot, exposure perfect, sharpness perfect and composition perfect. Thanks.

Mario

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• zeca (2847)
• [2006-05-14 12:39]

Hello Scott! It´s always nice to see your posts here and in TE! This is a very nice bird. It´s funny the way of they hit the water when landing, don´t you think? Well, I´ve never seen this kind of pelican doing, but I´ve seen that common brown pelicans of Florida doing many times. You´ve captured a nice POV here, in wonderful colours. TFS!
Have a nice sunday!
Zeca

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• CTP (3183)
• [2006-05-14 21:31]

Hi Scott,
Excellent flying white pelican shot my friend.
Great pov,colors,dof,sharpness,note,lighting and framing.Well Done.TFS
Chris

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• peter_stoeckl (9381)
• [2006-05-15 7:52]

Hi Scott,
impressive and funny pose of the pelicane in descent.
Perfect arrangement with a very strict but also very dynamic looking composition. Very good shot.
Thank you! Best regards,
Peter

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• metcher (4241)
• [2006-05-15 9:41]

Hi, Scott.
Superb shot. Exposure and sharpness are top. And what a pose and POV!

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• ddg (5015)
• [2006-05-15 13:05]

Hello Scott, well caught this bird with a perfect timing of landing!! Great sharpness and color, very well donej, best regards, Didier.

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• AnimalExplorer (8902)
• [2006-05-15 16:16]

Excellent in flight capture of this pelican the blue sky makes a wonderful backdrop o the well detailed pelican. :)

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• thistle (9266)
• [2006-05-16 14:00]

Hello Scott,
Very nice shot! You've captured the bird is a very interesting pose and with some very good details. The pose maybe make the picture a little difficult to frame, but this composition works quite good.
WELL DONE on this one!

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• chiliu (6448)
• [2006-05-17 7:57]

Hi Scott,
Brilliant capture! Very sharp and detailed, perfect timing and exposure.
Very well done!

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• PDP (11763)
• [2006-05-18 16:55]

Hello Scott, great shot. Lovely exposure and great capture in flight. You made a great job of this. Well done.

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• klemmg (1719)
• [2006-05-25 18:01]

Great in-flight, I love the complemenaty colours with the clear blue sky and the yellow feet + beak. Great composition with the bird coming down diagonally like an arrow, you left him enough space to move in front, works very well.
Excellent!
Regards,
Gabi

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• marmottelolo (14509)
• [2006-06-10 6:27]

hi scott
merveileux,la netteté est irreprochable et l'oiseau ressort bien sur le ciel uniforme.
tres beau cliché.
laurent

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• snowfalken (1782)
• [2006-07-14 17:21]

Simply superb! A wonderful picture of a majestic pelican! Great composition and superb colors. Sharpness and DOF also are very good. The contrast of the bird with the bule sky is very nice. Just simple and perfect. Excellent job! TFS!

Regards,
Eddie

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• sunkirana (1139)
• [2007-03-29 11:52]

Hi Scot, Just by the tone of your comment about my picture of a bird in flight, I concluded that you must have some in your collection. So decided to search, found this after two pages :-). As I see most of the photographers here on TN who have got a GOOD pic of birds in flight have a minimum SS of 1/1250 or higher. I shot at 1/800..... hence the softness in Image. I get to learn a LOT when I see EXIF from pictures like yours.

Good work here :-), Regards, Kiran.