Brown Pelican Flyby by Punaguy
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AloooooooooHa!
My son Jon was patient enough with me and drove me around in San Diego several days trying to catch some pelicans in flight. We found a nice spot at the mouth of a harbor which had many pelicans flying by, or landing nearby. I thought this would be quite easy to catch these guys as they flew around within range. How wrong I was! It was quite a chore trying to get these guys in the right light, sharp, with nice wing positions, etc. My hats off to all the great bird photogs on this site, not as easy as it looks.
I caught this guy as he flew by me into the harbor. This supposedly is a Brown Pelican adult. From it's plumage it's a non breeding adult. There were literally hundreds of these guys in the area. So I'll just post this one for now and spare you the agony of the rest.
Thanks for dropping by and for your kind comments on my last post...A hui hou~ Aloha~
Comments (21)
mikeerson
I was out in Florida years ago and walked by one of these guys on a post - I swear he was thinking about biting me - lol
thevolunteer
Cool action shot David. I know how difficult it is to capture birds in flight. Especially, BIG birds. Aloha, great capture.
kimariehere
beautiful inflight capture!!!! awesome Dave i love pelican they are such facinatnig birds!!!
silisto
Awesome feather detail. Glad you got one out of all of those that came from every direction. It was quite entertaining watching you dance with your massive lense on the tri-pod. Kinda like you were working a spotlight at a sporting event. Great shot Dad! This was Mission Bay Park.
Apophis906
great shot.
kgb224
Excellent capture.
beachzz
yeah, I've tried this, too and never caught one--lucky you!!
mermaid
oh yes...not easy to get an inflight shot so clear...smile... and you did marvelous... it's fascinating how big these guys are and that they still can fly
durleybeachbum
Terrific! Well worth all the effort!
Levemark
Fantastic!
sharky_
I wonder how these guys ever get off the ground being so huge. Superb shot my friend. Aloha
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, Excellent well done..
ledwolorz
Fantastic shot.
GBCalls
Very cool capture!
Debwhosmiles
=) I love watching these big guys~ Great detail!
rayburg
For such gawky bird, they're very graceful in the sky. nice capture.
MrsRatbag
Great capture! I love these guys!
Cytisus
Superb image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nongo
You know I really wish we had these birds around here, I'd definitely be stalking them!!!! Cool shot Na'e, I'll bet you have more so let's see them!!!! In flight is really hard to do and you did a great job catching this guy!!!! Aloha...
Littlejock
Great action shot. Excellent focus and pose
emmecielle
Fantastic capture! :)