Pelicans are always fun to shoot, especially in flight. I got out to La Jolla on a recent business trip to San Diego and spent a morning watching them coming and going on the steep cliffs on the north edge of town. This guy was obviously coming in for a landing after a flight out to sea. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1250th of a second
OMG – fantastic, Sean! We see lots of brown pelicans in late spring through fall in Northern California. They are among my most favorite subjects to photograph and I have captured many images of them. Your featured POTD today is simply super! Thanks for sharing.
I see them often while boating but have never considered them to be a subject to photograph but now I will take a second look.
I have seen the white variety on Gulf ofMexico now those are beauties to capture in flight
Ain’t Sue
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Pelicans are always fun to shoot, especially in flight. I got out to La Jolla on a recent business trip to San Diego and spent a morning watching them coming and going on the steep cliffs on the north edge of town. This guy was obviously coming in for a landing after a flight out to sea.
—– Jurassic remnant
—– Flying living legatee
—– Of archaeopteryx
OMG – fantastic, Sean! We see lots of brown pelicans in late spring through fall in Northern California. They are among my most favorite subjects to photograph and I have captured many images of them. Your featured POTD today is simply super! Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant image!!
The slightly off vertical line of the beak seems 2 suggest that he/she is ‘eying you up’ as she/he is coming in to land.
I see them often while boating but have never considered them to be a subject to photograph but now I will take a second look.
I have seen the white variety on Gulf ofMexico now those are beauties to capture in flight
Ain’t Sue