I eat jellyfish.
I caught this Pelican eating jellyfish the other morning. I have never seen this before.
1dMK4, 500mm +1.4ext, 1/2000 @ 5.6, iso 500. EV 0 - ( I should have gone -1/3 as the white are clipped in the raw file - recovery in ACR used) Taken at 8.18am. A bit tight?
Thanks Tom
Great behaviour shot Tom!!! Never seen this before either. Would tone down the whites a bit.
Such a cool behavior capture, Tom, wonderful comp & detail. Love how clearly you can see the jellyfishthe and the arc of the drops is awesome. Agree on toning down whites a bit. Nicely done!
Tom: Congratulations on such a great shot of a behavior I've never seen either! Because the subject is so lateral, from the drips on the left to the water on the right, I tried a pano treatment by eliminating the blue on top. I liked it, and wonder if you tried that, and what you think? Great stuff!
Thanks for the comments Ron - thought the same but did not like the pano crop. I did try the same crop as presented and took out the blue replacing it with other BG. Went back to the original with the blue.Originally Posted by Ron Bernstein
Great suggestion! Here is a repost with Ron's idea and some toning down the whites. Saved as sRGB.
No blue certainly helps the image. I just wish the Pelican had been closer and I had more room between the top of the bird and the blue. Your crop Ofer looks good. I may try this image again.
Last edited by Tom Rambaut; 09-25-2011 at 05:37 AM.
Fantastic action! Just love the jelly fish and the water quirting out. Eye contact is just great too.
Love the repost. I haven't seen this bird, but the whites look a bit bright.
Killer repost by my pal Ofer. Killer image. And amazing. A jellyfish???? Are you sure it is not gefilte fish? (Gefilte fish is a poached fish mince stuffed into the fish skin.) Love the pattern of water drops!
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looked at Ofer's repost with fresh eyes this morning - certainly the way to go. Ron's suggestion was spot on. Gefilte fish is a poached fish mince stuffed..............I'm going to lunch!
Awesome capture! I like the repost and the catch, open mouth and splash is amazing!
Tom, I'm real late to the game here in commenting on this great image....sorry! Love the "prey" and the water splash. Certainly a unique image. Love the repost.
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