No, a Tchefuncte (Cha funk ta)Pelican isn't a new species. It's a brown pelican on the Tchefuncte River, which flows into Lake Pontchartrain, just north of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The colors in the water are a combination of a bit of sunset, but mostly brightly-colored boats behind the pelican. That, plus a slight bump up in saturation.
This was the shot that really showed me what the D800 could do. When I looked at the water droplets in the air, I was amazed.
D800, Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF-S. Handheld from a small but stable boat.
