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Pelicans, Shellharbour, Australia

Canon PowerShot SX610 HS

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Aperture f/4.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 907/100

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Dec, 2017

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Location

In December 2017 my wife and I spent a few days around Wollongong, south of Sydney. On one of those days we met up with some friends of hers in the small coastal town of Shellharbour. While they talked, I wandered around taking many photos of the pelicans, as well as other aspects of the coastal town life.

Time

Early afternoon.

Lighting

The sky was completely covered with moderate cloud. In a way, that was a good thing, because it cut down on glare. The top of my head got sunburned, though.

Equipment

I travel light. I have only a Canon PowerShot SX610HS, which I slip into my pocket and take everywhere. I have two tripods and a monopod, which I didn't take with me on that trip (indeed I rarely take them on any trip).

Inspiration

The pelicans were swimming, flying, preening, perching on poles etc. Suddenly I noticed them walking in perfect formation and managed to take this one photo before they broke formation.

Editing

Photos for Mac has a generic tool named 'Enhance', which I use on almost all the photos I post to Viewbug. I also cropped the photo - there are some boats in the background which distracted from the pelicans (you can just see part of their reflection). I don't do a lot of post-processing.

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Just my camera. Apart from the tripods and monopod, I don't have anything else.

Feedback

Be prepared to look silly! I don't know if anyone was looking at me strangely. It didn't seem to bother the pelicans, but keep your distance, for their sake and yours.

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