A while ago when I first got my DSLR (Canon 40D w/ 17-55 2.8 IS and 70-300 IS - that image stabilization is very useful), I just did what I think a lot of us do, point it at stuff that looks interesting. I learned that the camera knew best how to expose, so I didn't need to worry about 'fixing the shadows' when I needed something with fast reaction.
A short distance from where I used to live is a very touristy harbor/marina area:
Something caught my eye, a cormorant preening a brown pelican:
Pelicans always fascinated me, since I was really small in my dad's arms in the surf, then seeing something that looked like a bird crashing into the water in the distance. As an adult I wanted a photo of one just before it hit the water, and I might have a way now:
I got lucky that day further south at Bolsa Chica; the water was shallow and filled with fish, so these magnificent birds were coming in close to the water. This was one where one bird was teaching the other I believe because it was hanging back, watching the other:
They kept at it:
Can you tell these birds fascinate me?
I even saw a rare reddish egret, which was almost lost to the 'feather in the hat' trade:
Back at the marina, a snowy egret came for a visit with its funny, yellow feet:
This was one in the middle of what appeared to be a really fast yawn:
I looked outside of the apartment's main window one late afternoon, and a storm was sweeping away across the sky. In color there were yellows, reds and oranges but the B&W was better:
So that's my story-in-pictures of pelicans and photography and playing along the shore. What's yours?
A short distance from where I used to live is a very touristy harbor/marina area:
Something caught my eye, a cormorant preening a brown pelican:
Pelicans always fascinated me, since I was really small in my dad's arms in the surf, then seeing something that looked like a bird crashing into the water in the distance. As an adult I wanted a photo of one just before it hit the water, and I might have a way now:
I got lucky that day further south at Bolsa Chica; the water was shallow and filled with fish, so these magnificent birds were coming in close to the water. This was one where one bird was teaching the other I believe because it was hanging back, watching the other:
They kept at it:
Can you tell these birds fascinate me?
I even saw a rare reddish egret, which was almost lost to the 'feather in the hat' trade:
Back at the marina, a snowy egret came for a visit with its funny, yellow feet:
This was one in the middle of what appeared to be a really fast yawn:
I looked outside of the apartment's main window one late afternoon, and a storm was sweeping away across the sky. In color there were yellows, reds and oranges but the B&W was better:
So that's my story-in-pictures of pelicans and photography and playing along the shore. What's yours?
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