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Controlled Crash or Crazy Landing

Controlled Crash or Crazy Landing

Cormorants water landing. I Chose B&W to enhance the details. Talk about a tail dragger!!!

Cormorants water landing. I Chose B&W to enhance the details. Talk about a tail dragger!!!
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/8 ISO 1400 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 7000/10

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Milpitas, California, US

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Jan, 2020

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140

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Looks like a Charlie Chaplin imitator

perfect timing!

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Lol! Well he was keeping his nose up , had to be a crash landing :-)

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