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Close to the ground
delia todd

Close to the ground (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

A huge, slow-flying pelican came past. As you can see there's not much undercarriage clearance LOL.

I still struggle to understand how they manage to take off at all though - they just seem to defy gravity LOL
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Habitat
Beach
Location
Wellington Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date taken
22 September, 2019
Scientific name
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Equipment used
Fuji Finepix HS50 Sports Mode Continuous
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bievreJJ
there's not much space left indeed, Delia, must keep their belly nicely fresh, superb inflight capture of this big one, many tfs!!
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
delia todd
Date added
View count
620
Comment count
13

Image metadata

Device
FUJIFILM FinePix HS50EXR
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
30.3 mm
Exposure time
1/900 second(s)
ISO
100
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
BF Australian Pelican flight 22 September 2019.jpg
File size
399 KB
Date taken
Sun, 22 September 2019 12:17 AM
Dimensions
2000px x 1262px

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