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I love pelicans. They are so strange and prehistoric looking.

I enjoy photographing them in all their ancient weirdness.

Look at the feathers on these white pelicans, all fluffy and white. Can you see each feather…each strand of down?

Oh, you can’t see them that well. Here, let me help….

Your old eyes still need to see things a bit closer….well alrighty. Here is the same photo, magnified X 100%, and cropped yet again.

This photo was taken down the pier, up the beach and across the road…while sitting in my car and without the aid of a tripod.

I used a Nikon 70-300mm 4.5-5.6G IF-ED with VR(Vibration Reduction). It came in the mail yesterday, along with the very excellent and affordable 50mm lens used for yesterdays photo of Mia. (If you own a Nikon SLR and want to make one investment to increase the quality of your photos, buy the 50mm F 1.8 D. It is less than $120 and is a dream to use.)

Cropping this photo with my original lens would have been impossible. The “shake” on that lens would have distorted the photo as I enlarged it…..a tripod was a must. If I can get the above quality without a tripod, imagine how the pics will look WITH a tripod.

I am so impressed with these lenses. Both the 50mm and the 70-300mm have been on my wish list for a very long time and so far they were sooo very worth the wait.

I plan on doing some more serious wildlife photography in the near future, but I have a long way to go and will be taking some lessons from a professional here in town.

“U r not suppozed to c meez, high in my tree top hyding spot”

Here, enjoy an adorable, dingo creature. No flash, natural light. I didn’t even edit the images except to re-size them to fit on this site. The brightness, color and sharpness are all unedited.

Nikon, it does a photo good.