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Published: 2010-06-11 01:37:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 750; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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Description On St Thomas, my friends and I visited a place called Coral World . The pelicans were not part of the park, but they were a lot of fun to watch. Coral World has an underwater observatory where you can see wild fish underwater. To make sure there are lots of fish for visitors to see, the staff feed them every day. The pelicans have noticed the abundance of fish here and spend lots of time dive-bombing the area!

This is my favorite shot out of my pelican ones, perhaps even my favorite shot of the day. I tried dozens of times to capture this moment. When you're looking at action photos of birds, you tend to forget how fast they move in real life because you're looking at a moment frozen in time. Shooting these pelicans definitely made me respect wildlife photographers much more.

My favorite pelican shots of the day:


Brown pelican
Coral World, St Thomas, USVI
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Comments: 17

pyronixcore [2011-04-18 13:59:15 +0000 UTC]

Pelicans are so fantastic and bizarre to watch in flight! Excellent motion captures on all your shots, not just this one. The use of asymmetry appeals in this piece, and you haven't washed out the sky or left the bird too dark, which is easy to do with bird shots in flight.

I also enjoy your Artist's Comments, which are both insightful and informative.

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meihua In reply to pyronixcore [2011-04-19 08:41:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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pyronixcore In reply to meihua [2011-04-19 13:25:41 +0000 UTC]

No, thank you!

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Mogrianne [2010-06-30 13:02:39 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous shots - nice capture of the action
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meihua In reply to Mogrianne [2010-07-01 20:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Mogrianne In reply to meihua [2010-07-01 20:41:50 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome
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ariseandrejoice [2010-06-15 00:53:47 +0000 UTC]

sweet!!!

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meihua In reply to ariseandrejoice [2010-06-15 01:49:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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lightrae [2010-06-13 01:40:32 +0000 UTC]

Really nice Peli series, Robin.

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meihua In reply to lightrae [2010-06-13 02:03:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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lightrae In reply to meihua [2010-06-13 02:14:55 +0000 UTC]

And thanks for the DD suggestion.
Although looking at my overflowing message box I'm not sure that "Thanks" is what I'm really thinking,

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meihua In reply to lightrae [2010-06-13 02:16:51 +0000 UTC]

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dry-oasis [2010-06-11 21:55:16 +0000 UTC]

I really just wanna fave all the new photos you've been putting up. They're all gorgeous

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meihua In reply to dry-oasis [2010-06-11 22:55:50 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you! You flatter me

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dry-oasis In reply to meihua [2010-06-12 17:53:31 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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bear48 [2010-06-11 04:47:36 +0000 UTC]

so very nice

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meihua In reply to bear48 [2010-06-11 04:55:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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