Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) (bird) in Morro Bay, CA, Embarcadero Tidelands Park area, Morro Bay, CA Nov. 22, 2007 22nov2007 Photo by Mike Baird, Canon 1D Mark III with 600mm IS lens on tripod taken from shore - Taken in RAW with C. Fn II-3 Enabled for Highlight Tone Priority â helps retains tonality on the whites. bairdphotos.com flickr.bairdphotos.com photomorrobay.com morro-bay.com
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How sharp!
This image is super-sharp and the whites show up so well, so whatever you did, it really worked!
Posted by admin on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:39:12 +0000
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IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
californicus
e North Pacific coasts from s California to c Baja California and Gulf of California to wc Mexico
carolinensis
w North Atlantic coasts from Maryland (e USA) to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and coasts of Yucatan Pen. to Panama
murphyi
coastal islands off w Colombia and Ecuador
occidentalis
coastal West Indies, Swan Is. (far e of Belize), San Andrés and Providencia (far e of Nicaragua) and islands off Caribbean n South America
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
Recent comments
How sharp!
This image is super-sharp and the whites show up so well, so whatever you did, it really worked!
Posted by admin on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:39:12 +0000