Although I made this photograph from the Imperial Beach pier, I seemingly caught this pelican plunging through the sky over the downtown San Diego skyline, some 14 miles away. The pelican is diving for fish, and within a matter of a second or two, it will strike the ocean’s surface and hope to scoop a fish into its pouch. The pelican is actually only a few hundred feet from my vantage point, yet my 350mm telephoto lens is long enough to compress the distance between the pelican, the San Diego skyline, and myself, making it seem as if both the bird and the city are close at hand.