Pelican Taking Off for Dinner by jgpittenger

Pelican Taking Off for Dinner

Hope you all aren't yet sick of my shooting birds and trying to learn to pan holding my new lens! Wish I'd gotten a better view of the beak and eye but I love the spread wings. There has been a recent batch of little fish riding the tide into the river bringing pelicans to feed
Stunning capture !! :D a fav!
April 30th, 2012  
Some bird & it must be magical watching that enormous bird take to the skies !
April 30th, 2012  
Beautiful
April 30th, 2012  
Great action shot! And great details in the feathers too.
April 30th, 2012  
Great shot of the movement and splash!
April 30th, 2012  
Love the wingspan!!
April 30th, 2012  
Fantastic capture!!
April 30th, 2012  
Nice action capture Jane.
May 1st, 2012  
C'mon, you can do it! These guys really work hard to get airborne! Nice catch!
May 1st, 2012  
Absolutely awesome...faved
May 1st, 2012  
Beautiful shot, Jane - love the water ripples behind the pelican!
May 1st, 2012  
Beautiful - such fabulous wings. What opportunities you have - I wonder if you can see them actually catch the fish - that would make a great action shot too!
May 1st, 2012  
@elsbels I totally agree but I'm such a novice with this lens that I felt lucky to manage this. It's heavy for my aged body to pan with but we'll see what practice will bring. I'm about to go on a trip so I doubt the pelicans will still be here when I return and have time to go out to the jetty again
May 1st, 2012  
What a great action shot! I love the water splash!
May 1st, 2012  
Cool take off shot. Nice one.
May 1st, 2012  
You look amazing close to him! Nice shot!
May 1st, 2012  
Wow, I'm faving it! Your timing couldn't be better!
May 1st, 2012  
I wish my family would come running like that to dinner at my place...it usually takes a few calls to get them all here! I really like how you caught him in action like that, wings out and water flying. good job!
May 1st, 2012  
amazing bird and amazing capture!
May 2nd, 2012  
Great capture, well done.
May 2nd, 2012  
Are you using a monopod with the 500?
May 2nd, 2012  
@hown Tripod and practicing panning hand held though it is a bit heavy for my aged body
May 2nd, 2012  
gorgeous capture. Thanks for all you comments Jane, sorry I haven't been following you before, now I am.
May 2nd, 2012  
wonderful action shot - love it - great shot Jane
May 2nd, 2012  
wow Jane... this is awesome... so gorgeous. pelicans are my favorite bird! must fav!
May 3rd, 2012  
Never get tired of bird shots, mostly when they are sooo good. FAV.
May 4th, 2012  
Lovely capture.
May 4th, 2012  
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