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Pelican fishing

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Posted by Adam Seward on April 9, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Pelican fishing
Here's another great white pelican in Djoudj, attempting to swallow a large fish (probably a catfish again).

C & C welcome.

Canon 1D3
Canon 300 f/4 L IS & 1.4TC
ISO 250
1/800
f/6.3
Posted by Daniel Read on April 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Great shot Adam! :toast: My only critique is that it would have been nice to have had a bit less of a tight crop, showing the whole of the bird doing the swallowing.

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Tim Gregory on April 9, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I agree with Dan that its a bit too tight - I really like all the other Pelicans in the background, I wish the one in the left wasn't cut in half, and the main Pelican was fully in.
If you have an uncropped shot, I rekon it'd be a lot better.
Posted by Justin on April 10, 2009 at 4:20 PM
I like the action. Shame the pelican's heads on either side of the frame aren't included fully. Easier said than done though.
Posted by Adam Seward on April 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Thanks for your comments, not been able to reply over the weekend. I agree its a shame about the pelican on the left, this is full frame so there's nothing that can be done! A crop might help, but partly wanted to see if that niggle bothered other people as well as me. A case when it might have been good to have a 100-400 instead of my 300 + 1.4TC!