Australian pelican catching water

[Dejan Stojanovic]

Hi all,
it was a hot day in Shark Bay- this wild pelican was having a drink by catching water from a lawn sprinkler.
Canon Eos 5D, 1/500 sec, ISO 125, 400mm, no crop.
Cheers,
D

[Lana Hays]

Dejan
I love the open beak. I sure wish that you had more room on the right.....as is seems a bit awkward. A little more DOF might also have been helpful to get just a bit more in focus.

[Alfred Forns]

What a riot !!! Love that open mouth and behavior !!! Would like more room at right but do like the idea of going tight !!!

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely illustration of just what an amazing thing a pelican bill is. Well coloured up too. Pushing up your ISO would let you close down the aperture while retaining shutter speed and thus increase DOF.

[Dejan Stojanovic]

thanks for the feedback-
i sat there taking photos for about 10 minutes and got a couple with more room, but none of those pics really showed the inside of the bill like this one. the DOF is a good point- they have such absurdly long bills...
thanks again.