[Leica] Spot-billed or Grey Pelican

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Nathan,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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> Lovely, including the B&W at the end.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> > On 26 Jun 2016, at 06:35, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
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> > "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
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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
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> > shot with no cropping at all, as the couple were swimming quite close to
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> > pedestrian walkway across a narrow stretch, the only place to photograph
> > from, as visitors are not allowed inside under directions from our
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> > Court They did not get very active, though, so I could not put the
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> > abilities of the D500 to the test.
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> > Nikon D500 with 300mm f4 and TC 1.4x, giving an effective 630mm f5.6
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> > which is lightweight and very easy to hand hold, and can be used wide
> open
> > with no loss of image quality.
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> > 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
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> > Please see LARGE
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> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
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> > Cheers
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> > Jayanand
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