Nothing new from me, so here's one of the detail shots that I used in my poster of White Pelicans gorging on catfish...
I've been busy reprocessing photos for my Flickr account; have a little over 80 photos uploaded there.
Those of you with Flickr accounts can find me by searching People for "droll.1967". For any without a Flickr account, this link (Dave's Flickr albums) should let you see any of my albums and the photos they contain. Let me know if this doesn't work.
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
Nikon D7500 with Nikkor 18-300 mm; PSE2021, PSCS5 Ny Flickr Albums
Good afternoon Dave. I saw that Pelican on your Flickr page as well. I have a little over 70 photos so far, but I might wait until after our NM trip to post more. I'm trying not to post any but "the best" on Flickr. Goodness knows I have thousands to choose from so I should be able to pick a few good ones. I need to do a better job of organizing them I think.
By the way that is a pretty large fish for that Pelican. It is amazing sometime how large a fish some of the water birds can swallow.
"A moment in time
Immortalized forever
With silver and light"
11-13-2023, 05:38 PM (This post was last modified: 11-13-2023, 05:47 PM by Dave.)
Hi Don.
I'm plugging away at adding photos to Flickr - have 82 up right now, 15 more ready to upload - and I'm only as far as Spring of 2017 through my archives.
Like you, I'm trying to upload only my good stuff, so before I process a photo to upload I ask myself if I would spend the money to print then mat and frame it.
Yes, it's amazing how they can swallow such large fish down those thin necks.
I'm reminded of that limerick by Ogden Nash (although there a few claims that it was written by someone named Dixon Lanier Merritt) And some of the words are slightly different depending on where you look.
But it goes something like this:
A wonderful bird is the pelican. His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can hold in his beak food enough for a week, I'm damned if I know how the hellican he can!"
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
Nikon D7500 with Nikkor 18-300 mm; PSE2021, PSCS5 Ny Flickr Albums
That is a wonderful capture, Dave.
Your Flickr page is coming along nicely and yes, I ONLY put my best on FLICKR.
Each week I enjoy the MM group which stands for Macro Monday. There are some pretty good photographers that post in that group and there are pages and pages of photos that get posted over a 24-hour period. They have some specific regulations, like what the size of the object that you are photographing has to be and how much of the photograph space it should be in. The photograph must also fit the challenge topic. The nice thing about MM is that you can usually find items around the house that will satisfy each week's topic.
Today's topic was TOOLS. And here is the photo that I entered for that challenge. It is a tool I use in my kitchen, a potato peeler.
11-13-2023, 07:07 PM (This post was last modified: 11-13-2023, 07:49 PM by Man From Ironbark.)
The thing about a pelican is that its beak can hold more than its belly can.
That is a great application of a tool in use image, Lorell.
and I simply put images on Flickr so that my children and grandchildren can see images of the place that they all left behind.
If other people like any and are Flickr members, they say so but I have few viewers anyway. There may be some gems in there but they are likely hidden amongst the mundane.
Here's a shot made with a 60 year old 200mm Nikkor through a filthy window that the local pair of mudlarks continually attack and defecate on. So it is all feather oils and other ****.
It is a juvenile grey butcherbird. One most musically correct tonal instrument. https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library...c=46&p=229 Though not quite as musical as the pied butcherbird. https://www.graemechapman.com.au/library...s.php?c=47
Dave...GULP!! I have trouble getting pills down the throat! Also wonder about the barbs on a catfish.
Lorell, another fine photo with you signature composition and idea. Well done!
Peter, Interesting bird!
Thinking of putting some photos of my trip to the Smoky Mountains on Flickr. so my family can see them. Lots of work! Might be a winter blizzard project.
Peter, The bird's song is amazing. WOW. I imagine myself sitting on a blanket in the park, the sun shining on my shoulders with my eyes closed as I listen to this beautiful music coming from this wee creature.
11-15-2023, 04:34 PM (This post was last modified: 11-15-2023, 04:34 PM by Man From Ironbark.)
(11-15-2023, 11:39 AM)Luv2shoot Wrote: Peter, The bird's song is amazing. WOW. I imagine myself sitting on a blanket in the park, the sun shining on my shoulders with my eyes closed as I listen to this beautiful music coming from this wee creature.
The trouble with a lot of humans is that they don't know much at all about the nature that they couldn't possibly live without.
A common conversation is, what a beautiiful sound. What is making that?
A butcherbird.
Oh why does a beast have such a beautiful sound and a horrible name?
or
Ooh those horrible things eat babies.
The facts of the matter are that many birds and animals eat other birds and animals, let alone fish eat other fish. Many birds and animals will prey upon baby birds in nests. It is an easy take-away restaurant.
These beautiful birds are given that name because of their habit of hanging these small carcasses on a stick like a butchers hook, for their fledglings to eat.
