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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-three: Impressions of the Galapagos – an extended photo-essay > Waiting for a meal, Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012
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30-JUN-2012

Waiting for a meal, Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012

A Brown Noddy Tern patiently waits on the head of a Galapagos Brown Pelican for a meal. As soon as the pelican lifts its bill from the water, tiny fish will leak from the pouch under its bill, and the Noddy will pounce on them. I noticed another pelican coming in for a landing in the background, and was able to rhythmically repeat the beak of the Noddy and the beak of the other pelican, linking the softly-focused background to the sharp foreground and providing additional context as well. Meanwhile, the feeding pelican keeps a watchful eye on the proceedings.

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