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Also, on a technical level, I believe the best photo I've yet taken is a b&w photo of a pelican during that same holiday to south america last year. It's a bit less eye catching, so I'm putting it here instead:

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[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Great job, it look s like a painting! I really like it. No commenting on the second photo as I have no clue about technical stuff, but keep going OP.

[–] FrostyFire@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That black and white photo is fantastic, IMO. Great shot!

[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those things are dinosaurs.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Came to say! I marvel watching them fly over the bay thinking they're like small pterodactyls.

[–] handsoffmydata@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Finally found Modest Pelican’s lemmy account

[–] TheChriggu@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I have no idea who that is...