American White Pelican

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image recently at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. When I was there there were five White Pelicans, recent reports now say there are thirteen at the lake. It is not uncommon to have more than a hundred cruising the lake fishing in a pack along with Comorants. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/2500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 640 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Denoise AI
Image captured vertically and cropped slightly for composition and presentation

Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/