Pelican Moon

RB (Andrew) · #1 15-11-2005, 04:33 PM

Snapped this shot at Terrigal on Sunday night while having dinner on the beach with my family.

I noticed a pelican on a power pole and thought it would make a nice image with the moon as a backdrop.

davidpretorius · #2 15-11-2005, 04:49 PM

i like it,

you starklered him from sleep!!!!

RB (Andrew) · #3 15-11-2005, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by davidpretorius

i like it,

you starklered him from sleep!!!!

He was picking at his feathers and looking around. I started taking a few shots and then he spread his wings and was posing. We were watching for about 10 mins and he enjoyed the attention. What a showoff.

33South (Chris) · #4 15-11-2005, 05:43 PM

In the last few weeks Ive learnt what a Blue Moon is, a Harvest Moon is and now a Pelican Moon.

Nice shot Andrew.

asimov (John) · #5 15-11-2005, 06:09 PM

Good shooting there Andrew!

iceman (Mike) · #6 16-11-2005, 01:27 PM

Great shot!

Would look nice if you took 2 exposures (1 for the moon and 1 for the pelican) and made a composite!

RB (Andrew) · #7 16-11-2005, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman

Great shot!

Would look nice if you took 2 exposures (1 for the moon and 1 for the pelican) and made a composite!

Yep I thought of that later but too late got clouded out.

ving (David) · #8 16-11-2005, 02:29 PM

you know if the moon were just a tad lower it would make a great halo for the pelican!

nice shot!

h0ughy (David) · #9 16-11-2005, 03:02 PM

nice catch there RB, the pelican looks a bit ghost like!

RB (Andrew) · #10 16-11-2005, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

nice catch there RB, the pelican looks a bit ghost like!

Yeah I thought it had a spooky look too Dave.

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Originally Posted by ving

you know if the moon were just a tad lower it would make a great halo for the pelican!

I didn't even think of that David, I was in such a hurry to get the shot cos' I was worried it would fly away.