Lunchtime

Gallery: AvianPosted January 30, 2011182 views6 comments

A couple of brown pelicans closing in on a snack. Taken at the Ventura Marina, not far from the Channel Islands NP headquarters. I was pretty far away and this has been pretty severely cropped to eliminate many distracting elements, resulting in a pretty noisy image that will not make a good enlargement. Still, I thought I'd share it with the group. 1/500 @ f/4.5; ISO 800; 70-200 f/2.8L; handheld.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on January 30, 2011 at 7:23 PM

WOW, that is a wild look here, Craig. Almost looks as though the diving bird is teetering with his bill on the bird in the background. Good action shot.

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Comment posted by Jason Scanlan on January 30, 2011 at 7:23 PM

Thanks for sharing Craig.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 31, 2011 at 2:52 PM

Nice stop-action image, Craig. I see the pelicans dive-bombing along the Santa Barbara coast all the time, but I never tried to capture the image (and I don't think a 70-200 on a 5D is up to the task anyway, a little too short). Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on February 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM

You're certainly right on about the reach of the lens, Harley. I was up early to shoot some sunrise surf shots with just the one lens. When the pelicans began to dive bomb into a school of fish, I thought I'd chance a few shots anyway.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on February 8, 2011 at 2:53 PM

Great action shot, Craig. It's always ineresting to see the habits of critters.

Nicely done!

--P

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on May 9, 2011 at 2:26 PM

Good shot. Would like more clarity but the dynamic quality of both diving birds works nicely.

lucy

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