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Wm. Bates | all galleries >> A New Beginning...Picture A Day >> Click Here for April's Photos > Bit Off More Than He Could Chew04_09_05.jpg
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09-APR-2005

Bit Off More Than He Could Chew04_09_05.jpg

Wanda and I spent a little time out on a nearby marsh. The American White Pelicans have returned for the Summer. It was bitter cold, windy and spitting rain off and on but we still had a great time watching the pelicans fish for spawning carp in the shallows. This carp looked to be much more than a mouthful. The carp did get away as the three pelicans fought over it.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/1000s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Ashley Hockenberry21-Nov-2005 19:26
Fantastic shot!! Great image and story.

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Della Huff09-May-2005 17:13
WHOA! What a fisherman that pelican is!! Great capture - never seen anything like this one!!
Guest 10-Apr-2005 22:46
Great shot Bill. You must have tremendous patience to wait for an opoportunity like this.
Kenneth Zimmerman10-Apr-2005 11:57
I've heard their beaks can hold more than their belly's can!
Rhymes with pellican!
Very nice shot
Lee Rudd10-Apr-2005 07:21
I love pelican's and this image sums part of their character up... he/they couldnt resist this carp. Great catch in more ways than one.
Robin Reid10-Apr-2005 06:14
Great catch!
Jvan Photography10-Apr-2005 02:53
Wow!
Wm. Bates10-Apr-2005 02:38
This is going to sound funny...I'm not sure if this was with the tripod or the mono-pod. I started shooting with the mono-pod. The wind was blowing hard enough that it was buffeting the lens around; so, I switched to the tripod. Of the photos I took this one was somewhere in the middle near when I switched. At this kind of shutter speed plus the IS things are pretty sharp when using the mono-pod. I wasn't using mirror lockup. This is a fairly heavy crop. These bird were out on the marsh maybe 200 or more yards.
Ray Akey10-Apr-2005 00:16
Nice capture, Bill!

Did you use a tripod and mirror lockup for this shot, or just the 300mm and 2x TC?