I Gotta Get that Fish!

Taken off Naples Pier in Florida. Several pelicans entertained us diving for fish while the fisherman tried to catch them as well. Seemed to be enough to go around. Great practice for panning.
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[Annie D]

love the action - love the bird too

[eDorre]

A contortion artist with wings!

[Kane Arlow]

Great action shot. It looks great in b&w too.

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent shot

[Nancy]

FAV love the determination

[Tony]

Fabulous action capture

[Suse♡]

Great action snap!

[Jessica]

Really great action shot.

[👑 AnaZad]

Great fun capture. He's on a mission.

[Pam Knowler]

Fab flight shot Taffy! Perfect funny looking subjects to practice your panning!

[Quentin]

great capture. I love it in B&W. Fav

[Joan Robillard]

He looks like he is falling out of the sky. Love it.

[sally agnew]

Well done, great shot :)

[Danny G.]

Pelican are so prehistoric - love them! Nice action capture of this guy.

[Corinne]

..or a crash !

[Jo]

Very cool capture.

[Jan Rose]

Lovely action shot.

[Junko Y]

FAV -- for the perfect dive, and for capturing it at the right moment!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot.

[Graham Thresher]

Really stunning.

[Iris]

amazing! What a pose

[Issi Bannerman]

Excellent - and I bet he did!

[Nicole]

very cool capture! Love the pose!

[iCamera]

That's some athletic skydiving right there!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Wonder what his score would be were he diving in the Olympics. What a style he's got! Great action capture, Taffy.

[Sally Ings]

Fabulous action capture!

[Nancy]

Pelicans are so fun to watch, glad they put on a show for you. Great panning shot, picked up some great detail in him.

[Andy Mcculloch]

Super capture.

[Rosie Kerr]

Nice job on the panning... you caught some good details here. He looks like he is tumbling from the sky, until you see that he is totally focused on what he is seeing.

[Francoise]

love the angle; pelicans are like swans in a way -- it's sort of a miracle that they can actually fly.

[Bob Zwolinsky]

I had to look at this large, because my initial reaction was "surely not a wing stand on water"

[Darlene]

Great shot of this pelican, Taffy. I love it in B&W. Fun to practice your panning. We saw a fish jump out of the water at the creek, super high but I was not ready for it. Still having problems with blur in movement shots so did not wait to see if it would jump up again.

[Anita Russell]

Great dive

[gloria jones]

Wow....great action shot

[Sue Wilde]

Fabulous shot

[Richard Sayer]

Amazing - if an aeronautical engineering student offered this as a flight design... he would be thrown out in short order. Superb nature portrait.

[Kathie]

Hmmm. That looks like a cumbersome dive. Definitely focused on his target. Great action shot.

[Leah]

Fantastic action shot!!! Amazing capture of this pelican diving for his meal!!!

[Vicki Dixon]

cool action shot!

[Marg Budd]

Great action shot.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic capture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Steve Angell]

Great timing.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Excellent shot! Great timing!

[Marnie]

Wow, what timing Taffy, took me a minute to get my eyes around what was happening.

[Brigette]

wow. great action!!

[Osia Strasner]

What a diver!! Beautifully captured in mid flight!