Pelican + Fish

Gallery: AvianPosted January 10, 20173,445 views9 comments

While waiting for Eagles this Pelican snagged a fish pretty close to me and I managed a few images. This is cropped vertical from a horizontal image. I cropped it tight to not only show the fish but the interesting throat structure. I had never seen inside a Pelicans mouth like this before. It was fun watching it swallow the fish whole. The light was tough, I made some adjustments including highlights/shadows and some selective sharpening.

Thanks for looking, comments & suggestions are always appreciated!
Large image provided for best detail.
Canon 70D
Sigma 150 – 600 C @ 324
1/1250
f/8 Aperture Priority
ISO 500 HH
Processed RAW image with Lightroom 5.7, CS5

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Sharron Sims on January 10, 2017 at 8:02 PM

Interesting shot with great detail. Lots of anatomy visible there!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 10, 2017 at 9:35 PM

Excellent, Steve. A really cool angle on this. Not one I've seen before. You did an beautiful job handling the dof and the light.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 10, 2017 at 10:43 PM

Definitely an interesting crop, and all the light and shadows look great!

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 10, 2017 at 11:45 PM

What a great image of the inner pouch and anatomy! Perfect perspective.
It IS quite tight in the frame; I'd suggest backing off a bit.
Very sweet image!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Skip Layman on January 11, 2017 at 12:43 PM

The tightness doesn't bother me since it helps emphasize important details in the shot. Very unique capture. Welll done. devil

Registered on November 1, 2003, 558 Posts, 1704 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on January 11, 2017 at 6:39 PM

Very interesting behavioral image with fascinating detail.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 12, 2017 at 3:19 AM

Steve,
Not only a brilliant capture, but very interesting sight of the open bill, certainly something I have never seen before devil

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Comment posted by Charles Bell on January 13, 2017 at 6:51 PM

Fantastic view of the bill. I too have never seen a pelican image like this. Well done!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 15, 2017 at 5:29 AM

A very unusual, but unique view of pelican feeding behavior you captured here Steve.

Wonderful details, I like this very much as presented.

Sweet One laugh

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