Pelicans in flight

I went for a walk along the River Torrens in here Adelaide and, as I was standing there chatting to a new photographer who had approached me about my lens, this wonderful bird came flying towards me. Well, I couldn't very well say 'come back later' to it so I turned around and fired off a sequence.

Taken with my 30D with 70-200mm f4 attached. Processed in PSE5 and resized for the web.

These were taken as it was just about over me.

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Very nice shots Sandra, love the light, very well done...and you did good with that 70-20mm lens...Ha, Ha....I know what you ment to type...steve

i think i like the first one the best. he/she looks so free. and i like the composition of it as well.

shannon

Thanks Steve (error corrected *sheepish grin*)

Thanks Shannon. I wasn't sure whether to crop or not but decided to give it room to fly into.

Very nice shots. Maybe someday I'll get one as nice.

Oh fantastic, they are huge. We dont have pelicans here either and I love these birds. I like the light coming through the wing tips, great capture