Flaps Down, Gear Down

© Bill Houghton

Flaps Down, Gear Down

Uploaded: January 19, 2012

Description

Two Mallard Drakes come in for a landing early on a cold Winter morning.
Canon 300mm 4.0 L IS lens

Comments

Liz blahh January 19, 2012

Beautiful light, comp & colors! #1437678

Phyllis H. Burchett January 19, 2012

Fabulous! #9930137

Lana Arcemont January 19, 2012

Outstanding capture and lighting! #9930153

Nikki McDonald level-classic January 19, 2012

Such beautiful light, color and especially focus, Bill. Perfection. #9930210

Doug Newman January 19, 2012

Landing gear down! Great capture, Bill! #9930261

Riitta Kivi level-classic January 19, 2012

Great capture, Bill! I love the color, light, comp and subject! #9930446

Tiia Vissak January 20, 2012

great tones, details, timing & dof! #9930576

Inge Linden January 20, 2012

Beautiful light, comp & colors! #9930603

Terry Korpela level-deluxe January 20, 2012

nicely done good job bill

terry korpela #9930607

Sarah L. de Jong January 20, 2012

wonderful! #9930612

Gary Enloe January 20, 2012

Very nice capture Bill. Your title is perfect! #9930858

David M. Montero January 20, 2012

The Thunderbirds (USAF) precision landing after a demonstration. Great shot Bill. #9931555

Summer A. Kozisek February 21, 2012

Gorgeous capture and lighting!! #9993580

Mike F. Anderson March 10, 2012

This photo is all the more interesting because of the landing position you caught these two guys in. Great capture! #10032151

Robert K. Bemus level-classic March 22, 2012

Simply stunning capture, color and detail, Bill!! #10048921

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