Dive, Dive... Brown Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Brown Pelican hovering before closing it wings to dive. The image was taken at Ft. Desoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/2500 F/8 ISO 800

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Perfect in flight moment, Joseph. Love the head angle and eye locked in on it's prey. Nice detail, warm clouds and touch of blue in the BG.





Geoffrey

[Richard Flack]

Great image Joe! Love the BG and cool flight angle. TFS

[John Robinson]

The 7000 strikes again ! Good one !
Caught just right.
JohnR

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm really liking the pose and the clouds in the sky. Good light, comp. overall quite nice!

[keith mitchell]

Joseph, great detailed action, did it get it's fish?
Going over to Florida in August can't wait to see these birds in action again.


Cheers Keith.

[Diane Miller]

Amazing head angle! I can visualize the body following that absolutely vertical line, straight into the water.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a pretty special image, Joe. First of all the clouds really enhance the image. Mainly, that pose is just super and it's not easy to capture that perfect timing of a diving pelican. Well done.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thank you all for viewing and commenting. I greatly appreciate your comments and input.