The swan family

PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
edited July 24, 2009 in Wildlife
One of the families of swan I have been keeping a watch over. Good clutch of 7 Cygnets.


585138250_RwbqG-XL.jpg

Larger image available here http://peterd-2009.smugmug.com/gallery/8755903_Vp7ZU/1/#585138250_RwbqG-A-LB

C & C welcome
Cheers

Peter

http://www.imageinuk.com

Comments

  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2009
    Nicely done! clap.gif

    Very hard to get them all in the same frame with good composition and depth of field.thumb.gif
  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2009
    15524779-Ti.gif Well done~!
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2009
    Good capture! Nice and sharp! thumb.gif
    Glenn

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  • PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2009
    Thank you Ric, Mark and Glenn.
    Cheers

    Peter

    http://www.imageinuk.com
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2009
    Good job handling the exposure for the white plumage and like the other have said, great work getting the entire family in the frame!
    Stephen
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  • PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2009
    Maestro wrote:
    Good job handling the exposure for the white plumage and like the other have said, great work getting the entire family in the frame!

    Thanks Stephen, White birds are extermely difficult to capture well. There is so little tonal (is that the word?) variation in the white plumage and the plumage reflects the sunlight strongly. It's easy to end up with the whites clipped so severely that any detail is just lost. I was very lucky with the family shot as they were very young birds and the parents kept them together so they could look after them.
    Cheers

    Peter

    http://www.imageinuk.com
  • PhotosbychuckPhotosbychuck Registered Users Posts: 1,239 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2009
    Great Shot bowdown.gif
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  • PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2009
    Photosbychuck wrote:
    Great Shot bowdown.gif
    Thank you Chuck
    Cheers

    Peter

    http://www.imageinuk.com
  • Bud1880Bud1880 Registered Users Posts: 500 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2009
    Excellent! clap.gif

    Bud
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  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2009
    That is a beautiful image.

    Very high cute factor also with the babies:>))

    I think I would print that big on canvas
    Best Regards
    Gale

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  • PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2009
    Thanks Bud and Gale. I really appreciate everyones comments. When you follow the fortunes of a family such as this it gets to be personal:D .
    Cheers

    Peter

    http://www.imageinuk.com
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