Pelicans and Surf. Waddell Creek Beach, California. June 23, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Black and white photograph of a flock of pelicans in flight just above Pacific Ocean surf at Waddell Creek Beach, Big Basin State Park, California.
Every five or ten minutes another flock of northbound pelicans descended to the water just offshore at Waddell Creek Beach at Big Basin State Park along the California coast just north of the town of Davenport. It was late and the light was diffused and subdued by high clouds and the incoming fog bank a this flock skimmed just above the surf.
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Good one Dan! The birds are nicely arranged, and I think the B&W treatment works well.
Thanks, Michael. I’m glad to hear you like the BW version since I was going back and forth on the question.
I photograph these critters quite a bit since I’m really intrigued by them and because I’m close enough to the coast to get to where they can be found pretty regularly. I’ve photographed them at this spot before – they often seem to come in here for a “break” on their north-south journey, and they alight very close to the shore or even on the beach. I was especially lucky on this evening in that several larger than usual flocks came down to the water here.
Dan