
- Steve Kaluski
- www.untamedimages.co.uk
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.1.1 (Macintosh)
Sunday was a cold, crisp bright morning so we thought we might have a walk around St Jame's Park a few miles away from where we live. For those of you 'across the pond' it's a bit like Central Park I guess, but the Park here, backs onto Buckingham Palace.
The Park has all the normal bird life there as it has a large lake like so many in London, but only here does it have 'resident' Pelicans, six I think that frequent the Park, no idea how they got here, or what they feed on, but have been here for some time.
Obviously they command an audience whilst walking along the foot paths and hopping onto the park benches and enjoy, to a degree. their photos taken I guess, but why folk have to get so close is beyond me, these are WILD birds. As the surrounding congregation swelled in numbers, casting shadows in the bright light was an issue, plus they kept moving because of the close proximity of folk with iPhones, encroaching on their comfort zone, albeit if they got too close the Pelican would make it known, so close up were the order of the day. Should have swopped to the R5MK2!!!
Subject: Pelican close-up
Camera: Canon EOS R1
Lens: RF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS II USM
Exposure: 1/2000 at f/11 ISO800 (no need for any NR)
Original format: Landscape, FF width, cropped a little off the top