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The Perfect Landing

An American white pelican gently glides to a smooth landing on Sandy Wool Lake at a local county park near San Jose, California. This male in breeding plumage,...
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An American white pelican gently glides to a smooth landing on Sandy Wool Lake at a local county park near San Jose, California. This male in breeding plumage, and his mate, were surprise visitors to this particular lake as they aren't usually seen here...but fish was plentiful!
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cameraNIKON D500

settings Aperture f/7.1 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 3900/10 

upload_dateFeb, 2019

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People's Choice in Pelican Photo Challenge
Winner in Glide on the surface of Water Photo Challenge
Contest Finalist in Animals With Wings Photo Contest
Winner in Birds landing Photo Challenge
Celebrity Award
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Celebrating Nature Photo Contest Vol8Top 10 rank
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35 Comments |
trainwoman Platinum
 
trainwoman February 17, 2019
Beautiful clarity
Byronfairphotography PRO+
 
Byronfairphotography February 17, 2019
Love it
Pamelabole PRO
 
Pamelabole February 19, 2019
Wow...this is gorgeous!!! Amazing timing, colors and details!!!
BridgetteRuby PRO+
 
BridgetteRuby February 20, 2019
Amazing capture!!
sue-zon PRO+
 
sue-zon February 22, 2019
Such amazing crystal clear sharpness and detail in this fast-action shot!
chuckrickman
 
chuckrickman February 24, 2019
What incredible timing and photography.
Bruz Platinum
 
Bruz February 24, 2019
Awesome capture. Almost walking on water. :-)
carolyns
 
carolyns February 24, 2019
Love it! What a skilful landing!
Kazza60
 
Kazza60 February 24, 2019
awesome capture
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots February 24, 2019
Amazing capture!
LeeVarland
 
LeeVarland February 25, 2019
What a great capture! Perfect timing!!
KayBrewer Platinum
 
KayBrewer February 26, 2019
Fabulous landing!
mihrt PRO+
 
mihrt February 26, 2019
Fabulous clarity in this shot - perfect timing !!
mcampi Platinum
 
mcampi February 27, 2019
This is your best as shot photo. I really love this shot. You should be very happy catching this ..
Cookies4U
 
Cookies4U March 03, 2019
perfect landing perfect clarity!
VLJ_PHOTOGRAPHY Platinum
 
VLJ_PHOTOGRAPHY March 05, 2019
Fabulous capture
Roussou
 
Roussou March 09, 2019
Great capture, well done.
Alfredo_Jose
 
Alfredo_Jose March 15, 2019
Excellent capture!
lizziemellis Platinum
 
lizziemellis March 22, 2019
Water skier! Magnificent shot:-)
DutchTouch Platinum
 
DutchTouch March 25, 2019
Superb capture and clarity!
JenniferWhitePhotography
 
JenniferWhitePhotography April 22, 2019
Great action shot!
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo July 22, 2019
Walking on water! Love, love, love this, Nina! Well done.
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo August 30, 2019
Winner! Congrats, Nina!!
mcampi Platinum
 
mcampi August 30, 2019
Congratulation on a well deserved
the45thtribe
 
the45thtribe August 30, 2019
Congrats! winner in my 'Birds landing' it actually reminds me of a 747 coming in to land. the splash is what caught my eye. lovely photo.
Pamelabole PRO
 
Pamelabole October 03, 2019
Still lovin' it!! Congrats on being a contest finalist!! : )
Srideep_banerjee
 
Srideep_banerjee October 09, 2019
superb composition 💝
NatureLoverJJWal
 
NatureLoverJJWal October 11, 2019
I love the crystal clear details. Congratulations on your Finalist award!
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo December 29, 2019
Congrats, again, Nina! Such a great photo!
Hood PRO+
 
Hood January 22, 2020
Great timing!
Aeri
 
Aeri November 10, 2020
Congratulations on your well deserved challenge win..... Your image stands out with other amazing submission which makes my work little bit easier.... Thanks for participating in my challenge and enjoy your day... Kind regards Lokesh Aeri 🙏🙏🙏🙏
nina050
nina050 November 11, 2020
Thank you so much!
Joviaal PRO
 
Joviaal November 12, 2020
Hi Nina, Congratulations on your win with this beautiful image.
carlbruce_6332
 
carlbruce_6332 April 10, 2021
awesome!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots November 29, 2021
Congrats! Great capture.
Joviaal PRO
 
Joviaal December 01, 2021
Congratulations on your win Ninan. Perfect capture.

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#beak #bird #pelican #American White Pelican #water fowl #lake #pond #wings #Bird Landing
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