Pelican Taking Flight

Pelican in flight at Moss Landing, CaliforniaThis pelican is taking off from underneath the Highway 1 bridge as it crosses Elkhorn Slough near the power plant in Moss Landing, California. The shutter speed was 1/400th of a second in order to freeze some of the motion. The head and eye and part of the body are in sharp focus while the wings are partially blurred, suggesting motion. The pelican seems to be flying out of the frame.

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