Mark Wickens

Mark Wickens. 2009.

I can't get this image out of my head.  It just strikes me as so odd.  I grew up in Florida surrounded by pelicans and I cannot recall ever seeing one dead.  This is a beautiful image and he captured the essence of this moment wonderfully.  I love all the foot prints in the wet sand surrounding the pelican and the fact that the water must keep rolling in and out deepening the colors and saturating the dead bird. I honestly keep going back to his flickr to look at this image over and over again.