Pelican sea take-off by soboy5

Pelican sea take-off

I was standing at the edge of the Caribbean, watching this lone pelican one beautiful morning as he sat on top of the sea, riding the waves. Suddenly, he decided to go for a morning flight, and I was fortunate to have the Nikon pointed right at him as he commenced his take-off procedure.
Jim
Great capture. It looks like he's trying to surf the waves
July 9th, 2012  
That different our pelicans are white.
July 9th, 2012  
Rob
Looks like he is going to use the wave as a launch pad! Nicely I captured Danny!
July 9th, 2012  
WOW!......What a magnificent action capture!.....Love this! : )
July 9th, 2012  
Excellent capture, Danny! Fav!
July 9th, 2012  
It looks like an exciting moment to me! Well captured! 8)
July 9th, 2012  
This is just amazing! What a great capture Danny! Love the soft green of the water & what a gorgeous bird!
July 9th, 2012  
@jcarrollphoto Thanks, Jim - and yes, you are right - a surfing pelican!
@tesssa Thanks, Tessa - all our pelicans look pretty much like this fella!
@jdr4690 Thank you, Rob - an astronaut pelican!
@annbo Thank you so much, Ann!
@wordpixman Thank you for the nice comment and for the fav, Arthur!
July 9th, 2012  
@myautofocuslife Thanks, Livia - he was fun to watch!
@jgilker Thank you so much, Jessika - I really liked the color of the water also, that is exactly how it looked to the human eye!
July 9th, 2012  
Superb capture, Danny. He looks like he's walking on water. Your pelicans are so different-looking to ours. I take so many pelican shots it's great to see something unusual to me..
July 9th, 2012  
Looks like it is dancing
July 9th, 2012  
Awseome timing capture!
July 9th, 2012  
WOW!! Right place at the right time - good shooting!!!
July 9th, 2012  
@girlie Thank you very much, Robin!
@peterdegraaff Thank you, Peter - and yes, he does!
@marieooi Thanks, Marie!
@andysg Thank you, Andy!
July 9th, 2012  
Awesome capture and I love that green water!
July 9th, 2012  
eva
Very cool capture! Lovely colours.
July 9th, 2012  
@buttercup Thank you, Mary - I love that color of water, too!
@redrucksack Thank you, eva!
July 9th, 2012  
Fabulous capture !
July 10th, 2012  
Fantastic capture! Beautiful!
July 10th, 2012  
@michaelelliott Thanks, Michael!
@paintdipper Many thanks, Junan!
July 10th, 2012  
Beautifully captured. He's a very interesting colour. Our pelicans here are only ever white.
July 10th, 2012  
@tulipgirl Thank you, Alicia - all our pelicans are this color. I have never seen a white pelican but would love to - perhaps you could post a photograph of one?
July 10th, 2012  
Lyn
beautiful, Danny - I agree with the pelican "dancing" idea and the color of the water is amazing. Great that it's represented so faithfully. . .
July 10th, 2012  
@lyno Thanks, Lyn - I definitely got lucky with this capture. Glad you like it!
July 10th, 2012  
Stunning! well done!
July 10th, 2012  
@clickclick Thank you, Denise!
July 11th, 2012  
love this pic... must fac... can only hope one day I get a shot so good like this one of a pelican ;)
July 11th, 2012  
@carrapeta00 Thanks so much for the kind comments and for the fav, Lara!
July 11th, 2012  
Awesome capture!
July 11th, 2012  
Amazing shot.
July 11th, 2012  
@orangecrush Thanks Jerry!
@cgould Thank you Celia!
July 12th, 2012  
What a magnificient shot! Perfect timing here, sir!
July 13th, 2012  
Marvellous capture!
July 13th, 2012  
@eyesofbetsie Thank you - I got lucky on this one!
@nyusha Thanks, Anna!
July 13th, 2012  
Superb shot :-)
July 13th, 2012  
@chrissym Thank you, Chrissy!
July 13th, 2012  
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