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Mute swan in flight

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on April 19, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Mute swan in flight
Another shot taken the same day as my last swan shot. This is in a different location to the first and shows a totally different view of these huge birds.
EOS 30D
Sigma 500mm
tripod
exp 1/2000 @ f6.7 iso 200
Posted by Nigel Blake on April 19, 2008 at 10:24 AM
This is a nice and unusual shot well different to the usual in-flight swan images. I love the way the white cloud counter-balances the white swan in the opposite side of the picture too.
Looks to be very nicely processed as well, great image!
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 19, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Hi Robert,

Very nice flight shot with a great point of view!
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Posted by Vincent Jones on April 19, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Love the angle of this Robert & the bg sky & the fanned tail add so much.

Pleasure to view :toast: :toast:
Posted by Colin Crowdey on April 19, 2008 at 11:32 AM
nice lighting and great to see a capture that differs so much from the "usual" swan in flight.
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 19, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Works really well considering it's flying away from the camera and as mentioned already, nicely processed :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 20, 2008 at 3:18 AM
Wow, they're huge, love the space and sky. Like it

Tim
Posted by Justin on April 20, 2008 at 7:17 AM
Very nice indeed. Has a great atmosphere to it. I think grey skies work particularly well with swans in flight, but to have a two-toned one, as seen here, is even better.
Love the way the swan is heading off into the distance, as opposed to coming towards the viewer.
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Posted by Ian Mason on April 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Very different - and very beautiful. Makes me think of concorde somehow.