The be all and end all of Pelican photos

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/26/2006 09:37:54 PM · #4

strictly pelicans - no

water birds - yes

DefyTime

Canon EOS-7D

07/26/2006 10:13:57 PM · #5

Or maybe just birds period

07/26/2006 10:18:53 PM · #6

Originally posted by TomFoolery:

Or maybe just birds period

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

07/26/2006 10:20:30 PM · #7

How about "Bird Shot"

Leave the description to the shooters imagination.

mermaidlost

Olympus C-460Z

07/26/2006 10:22:03 PM · #8

Oh yeah, okay. I like the idea of water birds.

Just birds is a good idea too, especially because I really like seeing other people's environments through their own eyes, and this would be a great way to do that.

Nice one Tomfoolery.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/26/2006 10:23:41 PM · #9

Ummm...just to clarify for poor old Tom...the challenge details must stipulate whether the bird is to be feathered or not...hmm!! Okay..let's try that again....the challenge details must stipulate that the bird is not to be human!!! Yeah...that's better!!

DefyTime

Canon EOS-7D

07/26/2006 11:43:52 PM · #10

So I can't shoot that "Old Bird" next door...sure we have a few that are on here as well

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

07/27/2006 12:32:31 AM · #11

Originally posted by TomFoolery:

So I can't shoot that "Old Bird" next door...sure we have a few that are on here as well

Ooooh that is nasty.

redsunphotography

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

07/27/2006 12:56:17 AM · #12

I'd be up for it, also. I live in Calgary, Alberta, and there are not supposed to be pelicans here outside of the zoo.

For the last 3 years though, we have had pelicans in the summer, and they all hang out on this one weir in the main river. It's fascinating!

This would give me an excuse to go down there and take some pictures.

-Hideo

Penny Lane

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

07/27/2006 01:09:41 AM · #13

I like pelican photos!

Falc

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

07/27/2006 01:29:24 AM · #14

Last pelican I saw was 5000 miles away - can we have this widened to any old wildlife?

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

07/27/2006 01:33:04 AM · #15

Oh I could get into a Pelican Challege.
Brad 0, Pelicans 2

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

07/27/2006 02:22:11 AM · #16

What..like this one. I took this one yesterday and I only cropped a small bit off the bottom to even it up with the top.

coolhar

07/27/2006 02:27:53 AM · #17

Herons, and heron shooters, demand equal billing.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

07/27/2006 02:34:35 AM · #18

Agreed

Lytro Illum Light Field Digital

07/27/2006 02:36:18 AM · #19

Yer!!

yakatme

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

07/27/2006 03:43:39 AM · #20

A water bird challenge wouldn't be fair to you or to me...just look at my profile page to see why.

I somehow find fantastic opportunities to 'shoot' water birds. Actually, I'm tired of them and have recently been trying hard to break the habit of using them for challenges. I never really noticed that I had entered a third of my challenges with birds.

In the Shapes II challenge I entered an Ibis because of it's curved bill.
In the Blue II challenge I entered a Cormorant with blue eyes against a blue sky.
Free Study was an Anhinga that had just caught a fish.
Best of 2005 was a profile view of a Rutieman's Heron.

These shots were hardly cropped at all because all of these were taking from within 10 feet of the bird, except for the Ibis, which was about 20 feet. And now I've got my 80-400.

So, I'd rather not go back to the birds. But if I have to.......

edited for spelling

Message edited by author 2006-07-27 07:44:17.

Bugzeye

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

07/27/2006 03:49:44 AM · #21

i am all for a birds contest.

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