[Leica] Spot-billed or Grey Pelican

[Gene Duprey]

Nice captures Jayanand.

Gene


On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Like the third one best.
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> Montie
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> >>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:
>
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-1029.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-716.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Vedbirds/Poonga-20160625-371.jpg.html
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> 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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