Swan Song

Gallery: AvianPosted December 11, 2011176 views11 comments

Mute Swans
Came across this one whilst getting stuff ready for a lecture.
D200 Sigma 50-500mm No idea what the settings were.
Cheers
JohnR

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on December 11, 2011 at 8:59 PM

Lovely shot! Great colors, and love the pose! The feather detail is beautiful, also...love the water droplets coming off the beaks!
Jaymes

Registered on June 28, 2010, 47 Posts, 590 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 11, 2011 at 9:03 PM

You should make a Valentine's Day card out of this one! Nicely seen and captured! Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on December 11, 2011 at 9:23 PM

nice pose and comp, John. looks like this could use a little ccw rotation.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Eric Diller on December 11, 2011 at 10:11 PM

Just love the pose and the water drops falling from their bills.....nice exposure as well!

Registered on October 2, 2009, 69 Posts, 434 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 12, 2011 at 7:22 AM

Great position of the birds John. Agree CCW rotation needed. Otherwise it looks really nice to me.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on December 12, 2011 at 7:38 AM

Thanks all

Glad the rotation has been raised. I tried it before I posted and its wierd ! The line of reeds at the back s ok but the birds need a left rotation of one and a half degrees. But when you do it, the back reed line looks terrible!
Strange.
Cheers
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on December 12, 2011 at 10:24 AM

There is almost a heart shape between the two swans -- nice initmate picture

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 12, 2011 at 11:46 AM

John, My wife and I try and review NPN every evening and discuss the images. We both loved everything about your image. Of course we have are different opinions. she thought is was Swan love and I thought two males butting heads. Thanks for posting this wonderful image and the great home discussion you caused. We had a lot of fun.

by the way, I honestly do not know which way I would handle the rotation but I am leaning towards leveling the swans and let the reeds do what they may. The swans are the main subject. IMO

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 12, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Wonderful image and good timing to get this, nice job on handling the whites, the larger image looks great with the different beak colors, way to go.