Finally going through some photos from a walk along a rocky beach last October, picking out the best wildlife shots. Mostly #birds, including a #curlew, a #BrownPelican and some kind of gull, and a #RedTailedHawk.

I'd actually been planning to hike a trail along the clifftops that morning, but noticed the road down to the beach and thought, "hmm, I'll see where that goes" and by the time I got back to the top it was already lunchtime.

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Brown Pelican

I found this pelican down along the ocean in La Jolla in Southern California. The bird was nesting on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He/she wasn't very far from where I was at but didn't seem to be worried about my presence.
The look in the pelicans eyes was mesmerizing as it looked up at me.
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Pelican Paradox

I spotted this brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at Savannah Beach a few months back. It was quite distant, so I had to crop the image significantly during post-processing, which introduced a noticeable grain. The unusual—but not unwelcome—textures in the pelican’s plumage are the result of noise reduction and enhancement techniques applied to bring out detail and clarity.

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The Plunge

While vacationing in Savannah, Georgia, I spent some time at the beach on Tybee Island. Offshore, pelicans were hunting—plunge diving with dramatic precision—and I spent a few minutes trying to capture them in motion. I managed a handful of images, most of which I’ve already shared. This is the last of them.

The pelican was far off in the distance, so the final image turned out looking like a cross between an impressionist painting and a prehistoric cave drawing. I like it, though. It feels both artistic and alive—motion rendered in texture, like a gesture caught mid-thought.

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The Quiet Altitude

I figured it was time to step beyond the backyard for a change. This brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) caught my eye at Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia. It was a good distance off, but I’m impressed by how much detail the camera managed to capture. A powerful telescopic lens, a sensor packed with megapixels, and some solid post-processing tools all came together to make it work.

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Poised Above the Deep

Here’s a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) I spotted at Savannah Beach on Tybee Island. I shared another image a few days ago—my goal was to capture them mid-dive. Judging by the activity, there must’ve been a school of fish just offshore. I was hoping to catch one right before it hit the water, but that moment slipped past me.

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