It turned out to be a great day; overcast, but in the low sixties. I put my boat in the water with the intent of running a little fuel out of it and then filling it with fresh gas. As it turned out it had almost a full tank (20 gal.) so I ran up the Elk River for several miles and then let the current and wind carry me back down.
About halfway back down to the launch site it saw a sandbar covered in pelicans. Amazingly, the photo’s came out. Given the long focal plane, slow shutter speed, moving boat, moving water and moving birds it’s a wonder I ended up with anything but a blur.
A little (very little) post processing that did nothing more than reduce the light resulted in the images below.
