The sun had already set when this hunting pelican soared directly past our balcony. I was shooting the colors and textures of the seascape as I saw the pelican approach, and I was able to position it exactly where I wanted it to be in my frame. I place its beak at a spot that is about one-third the way into the frame. It still has two-thirds of the frame to traverse, but my shutter freezes it here forever. The bird is framed by a band of golden light that sweeps across the image behind it. They gray textured water below it becomes a mysterious hunting ground. This gray sea is echoed by a gray sky that fills the top of the image. A few seconds after this pelican left my frame, it found its prey, and plunged straight down into the sea to catch it. It had its meal, and I had this image.