How to get close to a Pelican!

That is an awesome angle and perspective. Super nice shot.

Very impressive.
Well done! I never would have thought to do that - now I've gotta go out and get me an IXUS with underwater housing

Cool photo, and judging from your method, you're very dedicated

Talk about up close and personal! Simply amazing.

If that was my shot I'd be printing it out and framing it. Excellent shot all round.

Great looking shot, and nice work with the snorkeling and all

Perfect composition. Best shots I have seen of a good close up of the pelican, great low level shot and both birds in focus, nice colours, Congrats on a winning shot, well done.

Not as good a shot - but all i had to do was walk out my back door to take it.

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Again thanks everyone for all your kind comments - I kinda wish now I'd entered this shot into the wildlife photog of the year comp instead of another favourite shot of mine. Oh well.

'Roopy' - consider yourself very fortunate if you have these beautiful creatures right outside your back door

Wow, I don't see how you could do any better than that. Very clever idea to get the shot you wanted. Well done!

Very cool shot Paul, a lot of work, but the results were worth it. Well done.

Good job, always feels good to work that hard and have such an excellent result.

That is one fantastic image. Great angle, use of DOF, excellent detail...love the composition. Excellent!!

Thats what i call dedication! Nice shot!

It's worth every effort you made to make this beautiful capture Paul.