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Mute Swan

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Posted by Chris Lloyd on December 26, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Mute Swan
Hi All,

Near to where we recently moved to, there is a small estuary so I parked up and waited for a couple of hours to see what turned up. This was one of the results.

Techs:

D2X, 200-400MM, 1/2500TH sec at F4, using car as hide.

Thanks and regards
Chris. :wavey:
Posted by Chris Lloyd on December 26, 2007 at 2:34 PM
Just checked my post against the original, and it seemed rather flat so I have added a bit more saturation in PS to liven it up abit.

Chris
Posted by Tristan Campbell on December 26, 2007 at 3:22 PM
Nice but it looks like it could do with brightening up a little to get the whites white. Great pose. Tristan
Posted by Graeme Lee on December 26, 2007 at 5:36 PM
Hi Chris, a great pose captured here. It's a little dark on my monitor and I reckon the whites could be brought up a bit. What about selectively lightening the bill a bit? Just my subjective opinion :wink:
:toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 26, 2007 at 7:07 PM
Hi Chris,

Nice shot captured at a good moment , agree with the above comments , it is a little dark on my monitor too.

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 26, 2007 at 11:41 PM
Looks dark here too Chris - and needs some CW rotation if you ask me too - the ripples just don't look right imo :wink:

Cracking action capture, it'll look good when it's done :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on December 27, 2007 at 4:39 AM
I reckon it needs some CW rotation too Chris. Forgot to mention that :wink:
Posted by Mark Fellowes on December 27, 2007 at 12:42 PM
I think that the nits have been covered above, but it's a great capture - I'd like to see a repost.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by eric weight on December 27, 2007 at 3:08 PM
Excellent shot waiting to be brightened up. Well done.