[Leica] Spot-billed or Grey Pelican

[Jim Nichols]

They are all very nice, but the third, where the bird is meeting you eye 
to eye, is my favorite.  Nice work!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/25/2016 11:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> "A wonderful bird is the pelican,
> His bill will hold more than his belican,
> He can take in his beak
> Enough food for a week
> But I'm damned if I see how the helican!"
> - Dixon Lanier Merritt
>
> Some Spot-billed Pelican studies from the Adyar Poonga, a protected
> wetlands area behind my house. The light was soft, muted and very clear
> after morning rains and the consequent overcast sky. All the frames are as
> shot with no cropping at all, as the couple were swimming quite close to a
> pedestrian walkway across a narrow stretch, the only place to photograph
> from, as visitors are not allowed inside under directions from our Supreme
> Court They did not get very active, though, so I could not put the tracking
> abilities of the D500 to the test.
>
> Nikon D500 with 300mm f4 and TC 1.4x, giving an effective 630mm f5.6 lens,
> which is lightweight and very easy to hand hold, and can be used wide open
> with no loss of image quality.
>
> The first three are in colour, and last in monochrome:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-1029.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-716.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-371.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-390.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
>
> Cheers
>
> Jayanand
>
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