-- Greg Rothschild (gnr@toast.net), January 16, 1999

Answers

An excellent shot Greg. How about some tech data (camera, lens, film, etc) You must have waited a while for this lineup.

-- Buster Ulmer (BusterFla@aol.com), January 17, 1999.

Excellent shot and focus. Picking nits, but the shot would be better if it didn't cut so close on the bottom.

-- Andrew Y. Kim (andy_roo@mit.edu), January 17, 1999.

Very interesting pose. One can only imagine the patience involved in getting the shot. I love the contrast in neck colour between these two (I presume male and female).

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), January 17, 1999.

tech stuff: eos5, 300m w/2x converter, tripod, kodak e100sw shot wide open (f8) at about 1/350- i have been shooting a lot of great and snowy egrets lately so i am learning to estimate the amount of underexposure necessary for a given lighting situation- very tricky! about the lack of room on the bottom and left- this was one of those situations where i was a bit too close for 600mm and too far for 300mm. i took great care in moving forward verrry slowly- over a period of about 45 minutes i managed to get within about 50 feet, and then it was a matter of waiting for something more than just 'a nice portrait' to present itself. another problem was that seagulls tended to land right in front of the bird i was trying to shoot. also- there was only one pelican that had the beuatiful black/red/white neck- the others were less colorful- so that made it easier to pick what to shoot.

-- Greg Rothschild (gnr@toast.net), January 17, 1999.

Great shot, Greg. The contrast in facial color pattern between these two is fantastic. Looks very sharp for a teleconverter shot, as well.

-- Peter May (peter.may@stetson.edu), January 18, 1999.