Ahh !! Made you look..........An adult Brown Pelican on approach to Rodeo Lagoon, Marin Headlands.
Captured with an Olympus E510, Zuiko ED300mm with EC14= 425mm
Charles
Posted by Richard Wong on August 9, 2007 at 12:11 AM
While it is a nice capture of the bird, the background is distracting with the color scheme you've got.
Posted by Lon Overacker on August 9, 2007 at 2:05 AM
Charles,
Great capture of the pelican in flight. I love watching these graceful flyers as they glide seemingly inches above the water. The background is sufficiently out of focus from the shallow depth of field that I'm not bothered by it.
Charles, a very nice job overall. I think the stop action here is excellent. The very shallow DOF does help bring the detail out fairly well and keep our concentration focused on the beautiful pelican.
Thanks Paul, this capture shows the capabilities of Oly's new in body IS and improved CAF, I was delighted at the results. There does seem to be a weird pattern to the bokeh that may be part of the IS mode 2 used when panning.
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5 repliesCaptured with an Olympus E510, Zuiko ED300mm with EC14= 425mm
Charles
Great capture of the pelican in flight. I love watching these graceful flyers as they glide seemingly inches above the water. The background is sufficiently out of focus from the shallow depth of field that I'm not bothered by it.
Nice shot,
Lon
Glad you liked her Lon, she is gorgeous.
Charles
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