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rhulbert   
Location: North Vancouver BC CA
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This photo was made on the Nikonian Ultimate Travel Workshop the past year in the Caribbean. I used a D3 camera with a 500mm Nikon lens on a Gitzo Tripod with a Wimberly head. The aperture was left wide open at f/4 to reduce the depth of field. I used Shutter Priority to insure a 1/1000 of a second shutter speed to freeze the action. The resulting ISO was 1100. I waited for almost two hours for the Pelican to "take off," but finally he only yawned. The quality of the light shining through its thin skin contrasts nicely with the background. The blue background is the hull of the freshly paint Semester at Sea Cruise ship that was getting ready to depart. The Challenge was to photograph the bird with a complementary background in great light so as to focus the attention on a relatively unique view of the Pelican.
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