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Golden Hour Landing

Golden Hour Landing

Pelican comes in for a landing just as the sun was starting to go down. The color was really cool.

Pelican comes in for a landing just as the sun was starting to go down. The color was really cool.
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camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture 14/1 ISO 2000 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 6000/10

location

location

Milpitas, California, US

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2022

Views

142

Likes

+29

Awards

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Magnificent Capture

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Top Choice

+1

Superb Composition

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So incredibly beautiful!!! What a magnificent capture,Mark!!!

Beautiful, Mark!

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Great capture Mark :-)

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Fabulous capture. I love how you caught him just before touch down.

PRO

Perfect.

PRO

Beautiful in-flight/pre-landing capture!! Lovely lighting!

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