Look: Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini, Greece
Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini, Greece
Do you find pelicans fascinating? Check out the dalmatian pelicans at Lake Kerkini in Greece.
Bence Mate
The huge dalmatian pelicans of Lake Kerkini are fascinating for their size and spectacular breeding colors: bright-orange bill pouches set against silvery-white plumage. What I most wanted was an underwater view of the great bills at work, so I built a large, floating deepwater pool, designed a complicated water-filtering system and then devised a way to photograph the birds remotely. Eventually, attracted by bait, the pelicans started to hunt in the clear pool.
HOW I GOT THE SHOT
I used a Nikon D300s plus Tokina 10-17mm f/ 3.5-4.5 lens, 1/320 sec at f/20, ISO 400, Subal housing, two SB-800 flashes, two Ikelite flashes and a floating remote-control system.
Bence MateDo you find pelicans fascinating? Check out the dalmatian pelicans at Lake Kerkini in Greece.
The huge dalmatian pelicans of Lake Kerkini are fascinating for their size and spectacular breeding colors: bright-orange bill pouches set against silvery-white plumage. What I most wanted was an underwater view of the great bills at work, so I built a large, floating deepwater pool, designed a complicated water-filtering system and then devised a way to photograph the birds remotely. Eventually, attracted by bait, the pelicans started to hunt in the clear pool.
HOW I GOT THE SHOT
I used a Nikon D300s plus Tokina 10-17mm f/ 3.5-4.5 lens, 1/320 sec at f/20, ISO 400, Subal housing, two SB-800 flashes, two Ikelite flashes and a floating remote-control system.
