Here is another one from my great trip to Australia. These Pelicans are so cool and so funny looking we all thought that they looked like a cartoon character. I got images of a few but they must have been females or young males because this guy was the only one I got with this beautiful red and blue color on his bill and gular.
This was taken on the front of my buddy Ian McLachlan's small boat, "The Peregrine". We only had a day and a half at this location and the weather wasn't great but if I could go back to Oz again I would love to ride in the front of his boat again. We cruised along the river at about 30mph as I sat on a nice swivel seat up front and as we saw birds on the shore or in the trees Ian would turn the moving boat towards them and I would be shooting way as the birds took off. It was a great way to shoot BIF because the moving boat was very stable and gave us a great opportunity to get close to some flighty birds.
Thanks again Ian!!
D5---840mm---f5.6---ss1/2000th---ISO3200---Hand held from moving boat@5:30pm---35% crop
Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it
David


