I have been very fond of this image of the trio of Brown Pelicans and the Laughing Gull since I first saw it on my screen and nearly six years later I still find myself quite pleased with it.Ĭlick here to see more of my Brown Pelican photos plus facts and information about this species. I know I could clone out the tern but I like it there because it was there and I am not fond at all of the cloning brush. In this frame I only had one out of focus tern on the left side of the frame but it was in the distance and appears tiny so it doesn’t distract at all from the trio of Brown Pelicans and the single Laughing Gull. Your curated art guide to Berlins vibrant photography scene Bi-monthly print issue (pibguide) + weekly e-newsletter (pibnewsletter), Engl./German. Some of those images didn’t work because I would have out of focus birds in the foreground but some did work out quite well. Gulf Photo Plus (GPP) Kino Babylon Gulf Photo Plus »PopUP GPP Berlin« Tweet Share Plus one pib.photographyinberlin.
I did take quite a few full frame images of individual birds but I also wanted to capture what some people call birdscapes by zooming back to capture several birds in a frame with the cloudy sky in the background. I remember the sounds of the gulls calling, the pelicans splashing into the water and the smell of the salty breeze. Schools of small fish were running just off of the shore of Fort De Soto County Park on a January morning and it caused a feeding frenzy for the pelicans, gulls and terns along with wading birds on the shoreline. The morning that I created the image above was a bird photographer’s delight, or at least it was to me.
I photographed Brown Pelicans often when I lived in Florida but looking back I know I wish I would have taken more images of them before I left the Gulf Coast to move out west.īrown Pelicans plunge dive to fish and it can be quite dramatic to see dozens of pelicans diving into the Gulf all at once. View our 101 other RV Retailer locations Look Now. Pine Ave/Photo Courtesy of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Sandbar Restaurant at Sunset, Bradenton -Bradenton beach /photo courtesy Bradenton Area Convention.
Brown Pelicans and a Laughing Gull in an early morning flight – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1/1000, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 195mm, natural lightīrown Pelicans are nearly as common in coastal Florida as Canada Geese are here in Utah but they are birds and I find them all appealing. 2022 Gulf Stream BTouring Cruiser 5245, For Our Best Price Call 80 or Visit - Motor Home Specialist - The 1 Volume Selling Motor. Gulf Times - Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper published in Qatar and provide the latest information on weather, currency rates, Prayer in addition to the latest developments in the.