Below a Brown Pelican passing by, heading out towards the harbor and ocean.
The Pelicans fly straight down the ‘creek’, piers and docks on both sides. Commercial shrimpers tie up and unload here giving sea birds plenty of opportunities for free food.
I always think how easy it should be to photograph them here. Reality sets in when they pop up out of nowhere and sail low over the water…right by me completely surprised.
Posing nicely along the surf on Bird Key, off the coast of South Carolina.
All the signs of a dive, even though he was low.
Of course no dive, just a change of direction.
Brown Pelican
Everybody out of the pool !
Not exactly a crowd like Coney Island, but not a deserted beach either.
Brown Pelican and Laughing Gull.
Not for me, the other Pelican.
This bird flew in low, over the other Pelican floating in the surf, and finally landed over the dunes and out of sight.
This turned into a nice short series captured only because I glanced behind us at the right time.
A Brown Pelican coming to land on a small key. This bird gave me a great angle and height… could not ask for better.
The image was finished using DxO Filmpack, a Kodachrome 64 film. Using old 35mm film colors a doesn’t always work out. However I think it fit here pretty good.
I wasn’t sure what to publish, and yeah we all get that.
I checked the infamous ‘to do’ list. It wasn’t hard anymore, we had been shooting Pelicans.
We all love Pelicans 😆.
He came in low and from behind. Gliding along with the thermals I can miss them entirely fairly easily.
Brown Pelican, coastal South Carolina.
