A pelican's day
May 26, 2018 18:28:04 #
While sorting photos from the Hilton Head trip I noted a sequence I took of the pelican that hung out across from our time share. I thought I would share it.
Looking for dinner
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Found it!
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This is going to hurt
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Ouch!
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May 26, 2018 19:51:45 #
Suggestion: Increase the shutter speed to at least 1/1250. Your pictures will come out much sharper.
May 26, 2018 20:21:03 #
May 26, 2018 20:33:44 #
May 26, 2018 23:31:57 #
tscali wrote:
Suggestion: Increase the shutter speed to at least 1/1250. Your pictures will come out much sharper.
Thanks for the tip. I was using a rented lens and this was my first day with it, so I used auto. Later in the trip, I became more confident with the lens.
May 26, 2018 23:32:26 #
May 26, 2018 23:32:51 #
angela k wrote:
Awesome action sequence, Mike!!
Thanks for the kind words Angela.
May 27, 2018 07:45:09 #
May 27, 2018 09:35:12 #
May 27, 2018 10:03:56 #
I love watching them dive. Sometimes it takes a long time for them to come back up! Nice.
May 27, 2018 10:52:01 #
crafterwantabe wrote:
Great pictures
Thank you for looking and your kind comments.
May 27, 2018 10:52:41 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I love watching them dive. Sometimes it takes a long time for them to come back up! Nice.
They dive so much that eventually blindness is one of their disabilities.
May 27, 2018 14:38:36 #
May 27, 2018 14:54:04 #
vonzip wrote:
Nice sequence Mike. Self-inflected blindness, eh? vz
Thanks for looking vz. At Hilton Head a few blind pelicans sit on the docks and fishermen share the remains from fish cleaning with them.
May 27, 2018 15:13:28 #
Very good captures Mike, I have shot them doing the dive and it is very very fast!!! 
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