I was standing on a jetty taking photos of a Pelican on the water with the Z9 + 400 f4.5 + 1.4x TC, and then he decided to take off. These are not cropped and I was lucky to even fit him in the frame. In fact when his wings were horizontal, they were outside the frame and hence I have not shown them here.
Which one of the Pelican shots opf him coming out of the water do you think works best?