Inside Out and other Pelican photos

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Inside Out and other Pelican photos

Postby leek on Sat May 21, 2005 6:26 pm

I was merrily shooting this Pelican today when he decided to turn himself inside out for my entertainment... I've never seen one do this before - presumably he was stretching the skin...

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Then I caught him head on - I'm not sure I've ever seen a Pelican from this angle before as the head looks very strange...

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A close up of the webbed foot:
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And just for good measure an orthodox photo of said Pelican...

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Postby birddog114 on Sat May 21, 2005 6:57 pm

leek,
The 80-400VR is a nice lens isn't it?
Hilop shot the workshop today at the monastery with his 80-400VR, surely, he's happy with it.
What are u complaint for? get a CPL for it then be completed set and having fun in the long run.
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Postby johndec on Sat May 21, 2005 7:16 pm

Did you use a CPL John? If not try upping the satuation a tad. Great pics all the same :lol:
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Postby Killakoala on Sat May 21, 2005 7:19 pm

Looks like Mr Percival.
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Postby leek on Sat May 21, 2005 7:26 pm

Birddog114 wrote:get a CPL for it then be completed set and having fun in the long run


johndec wrote:Did you use a CPL John? If not try upping the satuation a tad. Great pics all the same :lol:


What's all this talk about a CPL???
Which photos would have benefitted from a CPL...

And the answer is no... I don't have one to fit the 80-400VR yet...
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Postby sheepie on Sat May 21, 2005 7:28 pm

you gotta love a good pelican shot :)

maybe one day they'll overtake the ducks!

nice shots Leek, esp the inside out one - never seen that done either, but I think you might be right on the reason :)
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Postby johndec on Sat May 21, 2005 7:37 pm

John, have a look here as a start:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutor ... zers.shtml

Blue sky,water, big white bird = CPL :lol:
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Postby mudder on Sat May 21, 2005 9:21 pm

The first time I saw a Pelican do the "inside out thing" it freaked me out :lol: Wondering what the heck it was doing but was fascinating to watch just the same...

Like that last one, the classic Pelican pose :) They're hard to expose corectly too, aren't they?

Never tried a CPL on wildlife/animal shots... Hmmm, might have to try that but assume it'll slow shutter speeds...
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Postby mic on Sat May 21, 2005 11:47 pm

Wow Leek, cool shot.

You gotta admire an animal that can turn a certain piece of their anatomy inside out :shock:

Can anybody else on this Forum do that :roll: To a piece of their anatomy that is.

Heeehee.

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