Jill Patterson, The Winter Chill (BLACK & WHITE 2025)

When it is a cold, windy, wet winters day most people prefer to stay indoors and keep warm but not me, I grabbed my camera to see what weather shots I could find here in Harrington, Mid North coast. I went to the jetty and here were a group of pelicans all huddled on the jetty looking very cold and unhappy. I took a shot of them all before approaching a bit closer to get some individual shots. The 3 amigos together on the edge of the jetty took my eye and so zoomed in to get a shot of the 3 of them. I them moved in a bit closer whilst trying not to disturb them and zoomed in on each of the 2 that had their beak enclosed in their feathers. The last shot is my favourite with the dreamy background and the little feather half covering one eye and the pelican looking straight at me.

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