Brown Pelican looking very colorful in profile St. Petersburg Florida fine art photography - Nikon D300 Nikkor 105mm VR micro @ f/4 ISO 200 1/4000thSome more examples of one of my favorite subjects to photograph in St. Petersburg, Florida -- brown pelicans. The males, like the one featured here, are actually rather colorful in their plummage. I thought the line of buoys in the background matched the colors around the bird's beak and eyes.
Brown Pelican looking eye-to-eye in St. Petersburg Florida - Nikon D300 Nikkor 105mm VR micro @ f/4 ISO 200 1/4000thPhotographing a pelican straight on always produces a weird looking shot. It kind of makes me uncomfortable even now looking at the pelican in the eye!