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Flight of the Pelicans


Flight of the Pelicans
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Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 629 W: 42 N: 1156] (3736)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-12
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 5D, Canon EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM, SanDisk Extr. IV 2Gb, Hoya 77mm Pro1 DMC UV LPF
Exposure: f/11, 1/1600 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Port of Brisbane Wetlands [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-12 18:14
Viewed: 501
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I paid another visit to the Port of Brisbane yesterday, with fellow T.N member Jplumb for some site seeing.

We were hoping to catch the Brahminy Kite well we caught a few others as well, apart from the two Kite's we saw fishing we also spotted a stunning Osprey which can been seen in the tree(lower left) more detailed shot to follow in coming days.

And we were also lucky enough to see some White-faced Herons, Caspain Terns, and what I think was a beautiful Forest Kingfisher catching crabs in the mangroves.

I have posted a previous picture of a Pelican with all the details so please refer to that for any information.

But for this morning post I thought I would show you the Pelican fly by, not quite the perfect formation but still worth the picture I think.

Deatils; Shot Raw converted to Jpeg reduced in size for up-load and sharpened slightly.

Camera Model Canon EOS 5D
Shooting Date/Time 12/06/2008 10:38:07 AM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1600
Av( Aperture Value ) 11.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 500
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal Length 130.0 mm
Image Size 800x533
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style User Defined 1(Neutral)
Sharpness 6
Contrast 2
Saturation 2
Color tone 1
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction On
File Size 88 KB
Custom Function C.Fn:00-0
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
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Hi Richard,
Nice to be your neighbour today, my friend.
I do not know how to look at this shot, as one of birds or one of bio-diversity.A divine sky-scape, captured beautifully, showing life.I also feel very calm looking at the colour scheme.
TFS!
Goldy

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 514 W: 8 N: 1099] (4072)
  • [2008-06-12 20:02]

Hello Richard,
Interesting to see those Pelicans flying in formation just
like the geese.. Very nice POV and wonderful colors.. Well done

Everton

Hello Richard,
superb shot of flying pelicans,excellent composition and pov ,great BG,lovely colours.
well done.
TFS.

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1252 W: 0 N: 4842] (14380)
  • [2008-06-12 22:48]

Hi Rick

Great composition - I love the arriving formation against the streaks of cirrus cloud - very effective.

TFS

James

Hi Richard
Nice work...I like how the clouds are going in the same directions as the birds...well planned! Looking forward to seeing the Osprey.
Cheers
Sue

Splendido volo di pellicani, eccellenti POV e composizione con questo bellissimo cielo solcato dalla leggere nuvole che accompagnano il volo e in primo piano l'albero con il rapace, ottima nitidezza, fantastici i colori. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

Hi Rick
Very nice capture with the pelicans flying in formation and the osprey watching them go by Sometimes difficult to capture one species
Well seen and composed
tfs jon

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1788 W: 8 N: 4639] (15001)
  • [2008-06-13 10:41]

Hi Rick,

A beautiful scene with these in-flight Pelicans in all different positions. The Osprey on the tree is indeed a bonus. The birds look wonderful against the nice blue sky with the streaky white clouds.

Jane

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  • JPlumb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 160 N: 894] (2837)
  • [2008-06-15 17:28]

Hello Rick, this is a very nice capture of the Pelicans, along with this Osprey. What will not be obvious here to most observers is the line of trees at the bottom of the shot. You were lined up on that Osprey at 400mm, and with next to no notice, and the pelicans coming over the trees you cut it back to 130mm, re-composed and captured a great scene, with great depth of field to pull in all of the birds (in formation) and those great clouds in a very good blue sky. You were "one with the camera". Very nice shot, and it was a real pleasure to watch you capture it.

Thanks again, John

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-06-17 21:18]

Hello Richard

Quite the shot,Osprey and all.
I was not aware pelicans flew in formation.
The pov is well done.
TFS
Rob

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 663 W: 98 N: 1260] (4181)
  • [2008-06-27 8:14]

Great shot of these in-flight pelicans against a beautiful sky!

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