Point of impact
Jan 10, 2018 16:43:31 #
I was in Santa Cruz, California, last weekend with my Tamron 18-300 for beach, Boardwalk, UC campus, and Wharf pictures; Tamron 90 macro for UC arboretum pictures; and Tamron 150-600 for wildlife pictures. I only do hand-holding, finding tripods and monopods to be cumbersome, at best. This picture of a pelican at point of impact was taken with the Tamron 150-600. Exif data: 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1200 shutter speed.
Jan 10, 2018 17:04:39 #
Jan 10, 2018 17:28:55 #
Pretty cool, but I have to say this and maybe I am wrong..... but, I betcha can't do it again.
Jan 10, 2018 18:02:26 #
Maybe if you ask him nicely the pelican will do it again for you.
Blurryeyed wrote:
Pretty cool, but I have to say this and maybe I am wrong..... but, I betcha can't do it again.
Jan 10, 2018 18:18:09 #
Jan 10, 2018 18:23:17 #
Charles 46277 wrote:
Maybe if you ask him nicely the pelican will do it again for you.
Pelican's do it all the time, catching that particular moment is an amazing feat.
Jan 10, 2018 18:32:45 #
Jan 10, 2018 19:03:00 #
Fantastic shot.
Look closely and the fish he is after can be seen jumping
Multiple levels of cool
Look closely and the fish he is after can be seen jumping
Multiple levels of cool
Jan 10, 2018 22:14:15 #
vonzip wrote:
Great capture. Were you using burst mode? vz
No. Sadly. Otherwise I would have lots more pictures of this pelican coming down from the sky.
Jan 10, 2018 22:17:05 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Pelican's do it all the time, catching that particular moment is an amazing feat.
Our pelicans here in San Diego tend not to. They basically sit around the shore, the boat docks, piers, and fishing spots where they know there are going to be scraps. Sometimes at dusk up in La Jolla one can catch a group of pelicans flying home for the night, but in my 51 years of photography at every beach in the United States, this was a first for me, to see a pelican dive-bombing into the ocean like that. And it wasn't just the only one fishing like that in Santa Cruz. It is the only one that I was in a position to capture, though. All the other divers were performing while I was eating my own food.
Jan 11, 2018 03:16:13 #
russelray wrote:
Our pelicans here in San Diego tend not to. They b... (show quote)
Here they sit around a lot too, they can always be found near docks where boats return to with their catch, or on the little islands where they roost for the night, but they also fish, if you spend a day near the water you will see them diving for fish.
Jan 11, 2018 03:54:15 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Here they sit around a lot too, they can always be found near docks where boats return to with their catch, or on the little islands where they roost for the night, but they also fish, if you spend a day near the water you will see them diving for fish.
Well, about 38 years of my life have been spent near water—East Coast, Gulf Coast, and West Coast—and still this was the first time I've seen them fish.
Jan 11, 2018 05:46:53 #
russelray wrote:
I was in Santa Cruz, California, last weekend with my Tamron 18-300 for beach, Boardwalk, UC campus, and Wharf pictures; Tamron 90 macro for UC arboretum pictures; and Tamron 150-600 for wildlife pictures. I only do hand-holding, finding tripods and monopods to be cumbersome, at best. This picture of a pelican at point of impact was taken with the Tamron 150-600. Exif data: 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1200 shutter speed.
Excellent capture.
Jan 11, 2018 07:20:35 #
Jan 11, 2018 07:34:10 #
I was marveling at that picture last night before I went to bed and it was the first thing I see on my laptop this morning. The more I look, the more I'm just saying WOW. That is a great shot.
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