Pelican Dropping Its Catch by Nicolas de Vaulx

In the Air winner, 2016 A pelican flaps with its huge bill flung open and its wings raised, while the fish it was carrying slips out and drops away below it. Nicolas de Vaulx froze the split second when lunch escapes, and the bird's wide-open beak looks like a yell of pure outrage.

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