{"id":16017,"date":"2014-09-30T05:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T11:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=16017"},"modified":"2025-09-28T06:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:42:37","slug":"american-white-pelican-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/09\/30\/american-white-pelican-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"American White Pelican Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PortraitPortrait of an American White Pelican – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

It isn’t all that often that I am able to obtain portraits of wild birds so when I had an opportunity\u00a0last month to take these American White Pelican portraits I jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n

This pelican and another were foraging near a road on the auto tour of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge when this one came closer to the road than I thought it would.<\/p>\n

I like portraits because they show details in the face that aren’t as easily seen as compared to a full body shot. In this frame I also caught one of the tiny fish in mid air that\u00a0the pelican caught about 1\/3 of the way from the tip of the bill.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican White Pelican portrait\u00a0– Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I like this frame because of the water droplets. I took several other portraits of this pelican that morning along with some full body images too.<\/p>\n

I always feel honored when wild birds feel comfortable enough in my presence to come closer than I expect. It happened more frequently in Florida because the birds were more used to human presence than they are here in Utah.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Even when it is cloudy and there isn’t enough light to go shooting.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American White Pelican photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It isn’t all that often that I am able to obtain portraits of wild birds so when I had an opportunity last month to take portraits of this American White Pelican I jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,124,1148,26],"tags":[4004,3966,4142,4136,4154,4,706,4046,2315,4741],"class_list":["post-16017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-white-pelicans","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-white-pelican","tag-close-up","tag-foraging","tag-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos","tag-pelican","tag-pelicans","tag-portrait","tag-summer-3","tag-white-pelicans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t