Testing New Wings

Gallery: AvianPosted July 16, 201573 views3 comments

A Trumpeter Swan testing his newly feathered wings. It wasn't fully recovered from Moulting but most of the feathers were there and they were brand new and a beautiful bright white. It's partner was busy with house cleaning and not the least bit impressed with the display.

Sony ILCE-6000, SEL-55210 @ 173 mm, ISO-100, f6.3, 1/1000.

There's a lot more to look at in the large version.

Comments

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 16, 2015 at 9:16 AM

An impressive wing spread on this very large bird. Compositionally, I wish the mate hadn't been there, but it is appropriate since they mate for life, more or less. Sweet and sharp feather detail! cool

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 16, 2015 at 1:16 PM

A great study of the differential feather growth in the wings, Gary. The primaries are mostly in, the seocndaries getting there, and the tertiaries and tertials are a mess. Very cool. Great capture and nice work on the exposure.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 21, 2015 at 6:23 PM

Excellent detail in those beautiful whites Gary and a great pose you caught. I am seeing either some noise (which seems surprising at iso 100) or some texture in the water that you could run some noise reduction on. devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments