Percival

Uploaded: August 26, 2015 13:02:31 | Entered: August 26, 2015 13:03:14

Description

Percy the Pelican formed a welcoming committee of one, to greeted us on our arrival at Tea Gardens.
I am pretty sure he wanted us to buy a pack of fish and chips for him.


Exif: F Number: 11, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/640 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 320, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D90

Comments

Candace M. Cleveland August 26, 2015

Oh what a beautiful pelican. He was hungry.. #1627854

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe August 26, 2015

Beautiful pelican and capture, John. Excellent details and light. Certainly hope you shared yours. LOL #11350839

Teresa Burnett level-classic August 26, 2015

Love these big beauties, John, and you've capture him beautiful!! Sure hope you bought him those fish and chips!! LOL!! #11350853

Carol L. Fowler August 26, 2015

Beautiful bird! I am sure he gets lots of treats by begging! #11350879

Gord MacEachern August 26, 2015

This is great John, hope we get to see this again!!! #11350885

Natasha Pliss level-classic August 26, 2015

Perfection!!! Beautiful bird, excellent details, gorgeous colors. Very well done, John. #11350888

Nadia Paul August 26, 2015

What a beautiful capture John - great light and details, Fish for him and chips for you lol! #11350907

August 27, 2015

Don't they just enjoy sharing lunch!! They are so easy to photograph as well. Glad to hear you had a good time in our neck of the woods, so to speak. #11350937

Ujjwal Mukherjee August 27, 2015

Great light, clarity and details in this beautiful capture, John!! #11350955

Joy Rector August 27, 2015

love this capture #11350965

Patrick Rouzes level-classic August 27, 2015

Beautiful tones, contrasts, textures, clarity & lighting, John. WTG.
#11350980

John Benway August 27, 2015

Beautiful portrait John, gorgeous light, detail and composition. #11350991

Tiia Vissak August 27, 2015

a wonderful image! #11351000

Martha R. Mazon level-classic August 27, 2015

The detail and lighting are excellent in this well framed bird portrait, John! Superb! #11351013

Bojan Bencic level-classic August 27, 2015

Fantastic capture, John. Beautiful bird. #11351023

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas level-classic August 27, 2015

Fantastic capture John!, I love pelicans!,
Amalia #11351104

John Connolly August 27, 2015

Many thanks for all your kind remarks, this pelican was everyone's friend! #11351194

Emile Abbott level-deluxe August 27, 2015

Exquisite details John #11351200

Ray level-classic August 28, 2015

Gorgeous capture, John! Love it! #11351487

John Connolly August 28, 2015

Thanks so much Emile and Ray! #11351565

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