Friends Should Not Let Friends Fly Alone

[Barbara Ponder]

[Shadowman]

Nice caption and capture.

[IzzieK]

Excellent shot here, Barbara...I will be truly happy for this to be mine.

[NorthernFocus]

Excellent, Barbara. Nice job getting both birds in focus. Good techs. Sharp and nicely saturated. IMO the comp is slightly off balance and could benefit by the birds being scooted a bit left in the frame but without cutting the BG bird in half. Not sure if you consciously sacrificed the horizon to level the birds but that is a nit that may bother some. Than angular band of light water is more noticeable than the horizon but same cause. Overall a cool shot. Those look like terns in the BG with the bright beaks. Did you get any shots of them?

[Barbara Ponder]

Nice caption and capture.

Thanks John!

[Barbara Ponder]

Excellent shot here, Barbara...I will be truly happy for this to be mine.

Thanks Izzie!

[Barbara Ponder]

Excellent, Barbara. Nice job getting both birds in focus. Good techs. Sharp and nicely saturated.

Not sure if you consciously sacrificed the horizon to level the birds but that is a nit that may bother some. Than angular band of light water is more noticeable than the horizon but same cause.

Those look like terns in the BG with the bright beaks. Did you get any shots of them?

Thanks Dan, What looks like land is actually a shell jetty or sand bar and the blue on the other side is still water. I think the horizon is there at the very top but not sure as it was overcast and there was a slight fog/haze which added to my confusion. I will look at it again to see if I can determine which is which. I did get a couple of shots of the Terns none fishing unfortunately. Those little guys are FAST and a little harder to focus on.

[DonnaK]

I like it! Getting both of them in focus would be a real challenge for me. Nicely done, Barbara. I also like the title

[Barbara Ponder]

I like it! Getting both of them in focus would be a real challenge for me. Nicely done, Barbara. I also like the title

Thanks Donna!

[Barbara Ponder]

Dan, I think I straightened it a little, thoughts?

[NorthernFocus]

That's a bit better. Yes the terns are challenging to shoot. Even when flying in a straight line their bodies kind of bob up and down. But if you get so that you can hit them, you're good to go on nearly anything that moves

[bnnrcn]

Excellent composition

[FootLoose]

Heh, heh. Good shot, Barabara. Pelicans don't have much sense of personal space, do they?

Posts of pelicans from different parts of the globe really interest me, because they seem so different to our local variety. I mostly see them paddling in the harbour. And if one decides to take flight - watch out, because it doesn't give any warning to its mates. If they are in the way, they either have to duck, dive, or get trampled.

[Barbara Ponder]

Excellent composition

Thanks Binnur!

[Barbara Ponder]

Heh, heh. Good shot, Barabara. Pelicans don't have much sense of personal space, do they?

Posts of pelicans from different parts of the globe really interest me, because they seem so different to our local variety. I mostly see them paddling in the harbour. And if one decides to take flight - watch out, because it doesn't give any warning to its mates. If they are in the way, they either have to duck, dive, or get trampled.

Thanks Greg!

Yes they are fascinating creatures for sure. In my area I am fortunate enough to have many locations to find them. Each location they act so differently even though they are all within a 60 mile radius. It mostly has to do with how much they have become accustomed to people being around. One location is the dock that houses the shrimp boats and there they act almost like dogs sitting for a treat. You almost never see them fishing for themselves as they rely on the handouts of the leftovers of the processing plants. At another they fly off if a human gets within 20 feet. It is rare that I see a single pelican unless it is ill or lost, they fly in patterns and even feed in them. Truly fascinating creatures!