Brown pelicans are fairly common throughout a large part of the Americas. This one was patrolling the coastline of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands, searching for fish. They dive at high speeds, submerging themselves completely in the water before surfacing, spilling the excess water from their throat pouches and swallowing their prey. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/5000th of a second (-1/3 stop ev)
Perfect picture. I didn’t know there are brown Pelicans. Thanks for sharing. I’m not just looking at all the pictures you took you are also educating me. I don’t have to go anywhere to be able to see & know about animals great & small.
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great pic. today and great color.
Thanks Michael.
Beautiful detail in the feathers. You caught the action perfectly!
Thanks Rachel, when the light is there it’s so much easier to get that sharpness.
ugly feet!
Perfect picture. I didn’t know there are brown Pelicans. Thanks for sharing. I’m not just looking at all the pictures you took you are also educating me. I don’t have to go anywhere to be able to see & know about animals great & small.
Nice to hear Connie — not only that you look at the pictures each day but that you read the description.
Sean to me this is a truely remarkable photo.
Thanks Larry. I took quite a few of these guys, but really liked the wing position in this one.