Eagles, Hawks, and Vultures fly high, and glide, using the thermals in the air. Pelicans do the same thing. Except rather than soar up high, they almost touch the surface of the water.
I was slightly above this bird as he flew at surface level right past me. The colors in the background here is the different shades of sun on the water.
Obviously they do not play well with others.
Here a Pelican has caught something, in his swollen beak, neck, ? (or whatever that thing is called). The other bird wants it, and will take it.
Leaning over the pier to see what the commotion was. Ha, an ambush in progress.
On the other side commercial shrimp boats are tying up after a day at sea. In a few minutes these Pelicans will charge out and grab whatever is about.
If I had to pick a spot for a Pelican to pose it would have been right here.
Good sun, beautiful model, even good props.
I even got the ‘sultry’ look.
Classic Pelican portrait. The colors, yellow and red/brown neck, are the breeding feathers.
He was sitting right near the shore as we drove down a dirt road. One of those times, right place and right time.
The road we found was wonderful. The left side face the open ocean/bay and the right side was all marsh. At times we didn’t know where to look first.
The classic Pelican pose. It’s usually on a pier, but an old Palm Tree will do just fine.
After shooting the White Pelican flocks I decided to finish a few with different post processing methods. I will usually use a single finish for any group of images to keep everything consistent but huge white birds and contrasts seemed to pretty to not use a few styles.
A wide black and white for our on-line gallery came out better than expected.
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