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A white pelican stands on a wet, rippled sandbar, its head turned back as its bill works through its folded wing.

Pelican Preening on the Sandbar

A wild pelican preening its wing feathers on a wet estuary sandbar under soft overcast light, photographed quietly from a distance.

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LicenceFree, commercial use
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Authentic wildlife photograph, 3:2 landscape, quiet documentary style. A single wild great white pelican stands on a wet sandbar at the edge of a grey estuary, head turned back and long bill working along its folded wing in a preening moment. Accurate pelican anatomy, detailed layered feathers in soft off-white with slightly darker wing tips, pale pink-grey bill pouch, damp rippled sand with a few shell fragments. Soft overcast diffuse daylight, no hard shadows, natural muted colours, calm pewter water and a faint misty far shore behind. Pelican placed left of centre in the lower half, open space to the right. Long telephoto lens from a respectful distance, slightly low viewpoint, shallow depth of field, subtle sensor grain, believable exposure. No people, no props, no text, no logos, no watermarks.

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