nina050

The Elegance of Flight

The Elegance of Flight

A white-tailed kite lands gracefully on the top of a dead tree at the Coyote Hills Regional Park near Fremont, California...
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A white-tailed kite lands gracefully on the top of a dead tree at the Coyote Hills Regional Park near Fremont, California
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camera

NIKON D750

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settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 6000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Feb, 2018

Views

205

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+60

Awards

Peer Award

+20

Absolute Masterpiece

+5

Magnificent Capture

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Genius

Outstanding Creativity

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Platinum

This has to be one of my most favorites of all your edits. Wow this is great lighting, action,color,texture, I could go on and on....

Stunning capture, Nina! I love the dead wood of the tree against the light fragility of the bird. Beautiful!

Platinum

Absolutely stunning......really beautiful

PRO+

Fabulous contrasts . . . both literally and figuratively! ッ

PRO+

Stunning!!

beautiful , love the tones and sky blending ... stunning capture !

Woah! This looks like a painting, the composition and lighting is so perfect. The subtle blue and cream colour dichotomy is amazing, and what a wingspan capture!

Pure Genius Nina. Everything is perfect about this. WOW

Platinum

Just WOW!

Fantastic edit,Nina !!!

PRO+

yes, stunning !!!! always a pleasure to view your work!

PRO

Amazing capture.....just beautiful!! : )

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