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Published: 2018-01-12 16:42:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 294; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 2
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.This is the last of these. I had been standing there watching this guy for ages, and he did this. I can't quite square it with the conditions under which pelicans are supposed to do this, but anyway here is the bird with the biggest bill/pouch in the world telling you all about it.
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Sony 70-300 G
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I have to admit this is really an awesome looking shot
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I actually got a bit of a surprise when I saw it at full size
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Yes that happens sometimes when you take a shot of something. I find full length photos are harder to capture
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The gular pouch under the lower bill is rich in blood vessels. The pelican is cooling himself down by exposing it to the air.
Same principal as when a dog pants with his tongue out.
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Thanks. It was my first day with a new lens, and didn't really have it sorted. Still don't. I think I may need to adjust micro focus, though oddly it doesn't seem to be either front or rear focusing
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I thought of that. It does seem a likely culprit, but I'd thought of this in advance and had the shutter speed up to 1/1250, plus the camera has in-camera stabilisation. And a lot of the shots that day (though admittedly not with this one) were made with the lens resting on a flat surface.
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Haha, I never knew pelicans did that! Quite interesting!
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