The best thing for me about the weekly photo challenge is that it encourages me to share pictures that would otherwise never see the light of day.
I rarely use the rule of thirds – the subject of this week’s challenge. If I hadn’t had to sneak up to this creature because of the limitations of my lens, I’d probably not have composed the picture quite like this. And he’d probably not be fixing me with such a steady gaze. Serendipity, perhaps?
I hope he was having a nice day – he certainly seems to be under a something of a cloud. He looks innocent, but I bet he’s been stealing fish.
Fabulous!
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I like the cloud over the bird’s head as if he is singing “over my head I hear music in the air “
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That’s a better interpretation – thank you!
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A great sneak then 🙂
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I think he knew I came in peace!
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Wonderful.
janet
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It makes a wonderful selfie. Look at him!
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If only I’d got a video of him taking this with his foot!
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I agree with you… photo challenges do help us show photos that may never see the light of day! I am loving this gorgeous Sea Bird… a pelican of sorts.
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Your comment inspired me to google ‘pelican’, with sad results. My guess is that it’s a protected brown pelican. News outlets are reporting that someone is attacking them in Florida Keys. They’re such trusting birds – how could anyone hurt a creature like this?
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How horribly sad!! Why on earth!?!?
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Nice capture, Susan!
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I love pelicans, it is said that they are pre-historic in many ways!
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I didn’t realise that they had such a long history.
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What a great pelican portrait and use of rule of thirds, Susan.
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Beautiful! I also have a post of a pelican portrait https://mariannegv.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/pelican/
Kind greetings,
Marianne
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