Obviously the camera was panned to follow the birds landing, and the
foreground bird is swimming the other way; a slow shutter speed because
of the low light despite flash being used.  If you are a photographer
you should know this.

Colin D.

You, 'the one' are new on this group, aren't you?

So far your posts have been rude, aggressive, and downright profane for
no good reason.

There's more than enough of your kind inhabiting these newsgroups,
hiding behind made-up names and posting from nowhere (you think) and we
don't need another one.

Shape up, be considerate and reasonable, helpful even, and if you can't
do that, then ship out.

Colin D.

After cropping out that one bird in the foreground, I would say its a great
shot.  I had fought trying to get a couple of shots of these magnificent
birds last summer.  Couldn't get a good shot in, also the timing and
lighting wouldn't cooperate for me,  LOL  and I didn't have a lot of time to
spend hunting them.

Not4wood

Thanks for replying Mark, The One and Not4wood

As I said when i posted it I wasn't keen on the water refelction on the
pelican in the water. I will crop it out and see how it looks.

It was actually just something different to post after a night of
playing with pano's and HDR.

Mark settings are

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Yes the other 2 are sharp.

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2170908903&size=o&context=set-7215760017
9283345

Thanks Thomas, not sure if you saw the story on that one.
Another flickr member called me and said he would be in the area if i
wanted to meet up to take some shots.

As usual someone wanders up without a camera and started telling us it
was a crap sunset  then went on with this and that.

I basically ignored him and he returned with some a4 prints    there
were a couple of good ones but living opposite there for 30 years he
should have a lot better.

He then went on to tell me it is cheap to print on his printer but you
shouldn't view when hot as the sweat can cause spots, he then proceeded
to show me some sweat spots.

We decided to have some fun with him when he told us for the 10th time
it was a crap sunset that we would probably sell the prints at the
markets for $100 a pop he then told us if that was the case we either
pay commission cause his boat was in the picture.    I told him it
wasn't going to happen and he started getting a bit upset and said
either you pay 10% or destroy the photos I laughed and said   I'd sink
your boat before I destroyed my shots.

He didn't like that and walked off.