Australian pelican

[ruley74]

Nothing too special with this picture, more the colour of the water... I reckon there was less than five mins of this colour yesterday afternoon, just magic.

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[Oztours]

What waterway was that on and is it a common occurrence?

 

[gordon_g]

Nice I like the color! I might have composed it so it wasn't so tight in the frame

 

[Tadzio]

Very beautiful image

 

[Yezdi]

Beautiful capture...

 

[Callie]

What waterway was that on and is it a common occurrence?

An Australian waterway, Mate!

 

[Callie]

Dean, gotta love that gold! Beaut image!

 

[ruley74]

What waterway was that on and is it a common occurrence?

It's my local, Colleges Crossing near Ipswich on the Brisbane river. you do get that colour every now and then yes, not every day though

 

[ruley74]

Nice I like the color! I might have composed it so it wasn't so tight in the frame

Thanks Gordan, unfortunately i had the prime on that day. Got what i could when the pelican turned side on, went for a second/better go and he started swimming away and the light started changing. To be honest i wasn't even happy with the angle i shot at really... always next time

 

[gordon_g]

Thanks Gordan, unfortunately i had the prime on that day. Got what i could when the pelican turned side on, went for a second/better go and he started swimming away and the light started changing. To be honest i wasn't even happy with the angle i shot at really... always next time

trust me I get it... we've all been there!

 

[Kathy G]

Very nice. The gold is wonderful

 

[Oztours]

Thanks Dean. Took a look at some of the images on Google maps. In between the usual trash shots of peoples dogs and BBQ's, there's some nice pictures that tell a good story and obviously the council has devoted considerable time and $$$ to making it a beautiful area. Certainly didn't have nice parks like that when I was living in West End in the early 70's.

 

[ruley74]

Thanks Dean. Took a look at some of the images on Google maps. In between the usual trash shots of peoples dogs and BBQ's, there's some nice pictures that tell a good story and obviously the council has devoted considerable time and $$$ to making it a beautiful area. Certainly didn't have nice parks like that when I was living in West End in the early 70's.

After the 2010/11 floods the council took the opportunity to cash in on state and federal grants and spent an insane amount of money upgrading that park... it's lit up like a football field of a night time which you have to wonder what that does for the wildlife, pre floods we seen Platypus there.