{"id":6277,"date":"2010-06-06T22:24:06","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T05:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2010-06-06T22:24:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T05:24:06","slug":"up-on-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=6277","title":{"rendered":"Up On the Roof"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugh and I traded lenses for this casual shoot several months ago. He took the E-520 and the 70-300<\/a>, and I went wide with the 14-54mm<\/a> on the E-3. I thought I’d capture scenery against a mackerel sky<\/a>. I wasn’t expecting to get this perspective on pelicans. In fact, I admit handing over the 70-300 with trepidation, knowing we’d probably see Brown Pelicans<\/a> congregating on the docks as fishing boats coasted into the magic hour light. <\/p>\n

As I passed below this shack, where pelicans and gulls took turns between perching and scavenging, I realized the birds commanded enough foreground to make these shots worthwhile. Proximity keeps the animals from getting lost in the vast real estate of that wide lens. And . . . this broad view more accurately captures the mel\u00e9e than the 70-300 would have. This whole sequence took place in the span of a few minutes, before all birds descended on fish scraps at the docks. It was a great lesson for me in defying conventional tools (telephoto for wildlife) to acquire a different vision. <\/p>\n

Related posts on pelicans:<\/b> The Flight of the Pelican<\/a> | Sunday in the Park With Pelicans<\/a> | Mixed Use, Pelican Style<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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Brown Pelican - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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\"Brown<\/a>

Pelicans and Gulls - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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\"Brown<\/a>

Pelican & Gull - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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\"Pelican<\/a>

Pelican Leap - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>
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\"Brown<\/a>

Brown Pelican Airborne Division - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hugh and I traded lenses for this casual shoot several months ago. He took the E-520 and the 70-300, and I went wide with the 14-54mm on the E-3. I thought I’d capture scenery against a mackerel sky. I wasn’t expecting to get this perspective on pelicans. In fact, I admit handing over the 70-300 with trepidation, knowing we’d probably see Brown Pelicans congregating on the docks as fishing boats coasted into the magic hour […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[297],"class_list":["post-6277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pelicans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}