Gliding

Posted by
Steven (Chicagoland, United States) on 2 April 2010 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

A pelican seen gliding low over the tide pool in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Captured from fourth floor lanai.

Photo taken March 18, 2010.

SONY DSLR-A300 1/640 second F/8.0 ISO 100 450 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Comments (33)

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

very well taken, great timing

2 Apr 2010 6:45am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Quite fabulous, this is the second time in the past couple of days that I've seen pictures of pelicans tinted like this Steven and I have to say the bird quite suits the treatment.

2 Apr 2010 7:29am

The MaJor from TM HooD, Iran

wow..great shot pal..
it was so hard to take such a pic but very nice

2 Apr 2010 8:03am

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

What a lovely capture ! I love these birds ! I saw a lot of them when I visited Florida, but didn't have the chance to get such a nice photo !!! Very well done Steven !

2 Apr 2010 8:29am

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Wow..what a great shot..congrats!

2 Apr 2010 11:33am

ARTURO LOPEZ from Toronto, Canada

Excellent shot

2 Apr 2010 11:49am

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

Incredible color in this one! Beautiful!

2 Apr 2010 12:19pm

Paul from summerside, Canada

Beautiful shot , very nice tone

2 Apr 2010 1:33pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Stunning!

2 Apr 2010 2:01pm

MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada

FANTASTIC . BRAVO !!!!

2 Apr 2010 2:04pm

☾éline from New York City, United States

Great capture ! Beautiful timing !

2 Apr 2010 2:55pm

Barbara from Florida, United States

Impressive capture, it looks as though you are gliding along with him and snapped the shot.

2 Apr 2010 3:35pm

tede from Aubenas 07, France

Beautiful image of freedom, a great frame, well done! Good day.

2 Apr 2010 5:09pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States

Wow!!!!! You got one great pelican shot, Steven.

2 Apr 2010 6:22pm

Demo from Villeneuve d, France

nice fly !!

2 Apr 2010 6:46pm

Florence from Paris, France

Wow. Speechless am I. Deserves a SPOTLIGHT. 5 stars. Utterly gorgeous. A number one image for me.

2 Apr 2010 6:56pm

Devendra from Mumbai, India

That is totally cool!

2 Apr 2010 7:29pm

Elseneur from Montréal, Canada

Excellent capture (and I love the colours) !

2 Apr 2010 8:31pm

Denise from Duncannon, United States

That is an incredible shot!!!!!!

2 Apr 2010 9:22pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

A breathtaking capture! Love it.

2 Apr 2010 9:24pm

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Great shot! A winner!

2 Apr 2010 11:59pm

Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States

Outstanding point of view!

3 Apr 2010 1:04am

Self-Indulgence from Chicagoland, United States

Wow so close. This is really superb!

3 Apr 2010 4:05am

Scott F. Schilling from San Martin, United States

Awesome image - It looks like you're another pelican flying right next to him!! Great timing on this one!

3 Apr 2010 5:51am

daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany

Oh what a beauty! Perfect shot, i love this.

3 Apr 2010 7:59am

MOHAMMAD from BANDAR ABBAS, Iran

really nice shot

3 Apr 2010 10:45am

Daniel from Kenmare, United States

very cool

3 Apr 2010 1:16pm

siamak from isfahan, Iran

woooooow , wonderful
i love this
bravo

3 Apr 2010 5:04pm

foto-rolero54 from Belgium

Splendid subjects and treatment!
More visit of your share?

3 Apr 2010 5:13pm

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

A beautiful flight shot . . how effortless it looks (and I do not mean the photography!)

3 Apr 2010 8:49pm

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Superb shot..

4 Apr 2010 7:31pm

Shahryar from Isfahan, Iran

excellent :)

5 Apr 2010 6:57pm

Antoine from France

Superb image and your framing is very good. Have a lovely day Steven.

12 May 2010 5:35am

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