Urban Swan

DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
edited March 12, 2012 in Other Cool Shots
The images tell it all!

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2)
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C&C welcome,

Don
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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2012
    Now that's odd and interesting, Don. Why did the swan tolerate such a close approach?
    Don
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2012
    Cornflake wrote: »
    Now that's odd and interesting, Don. Why did the swan tolerate such a close approach?
    Maybe because it was already feeling ill from the effects of that water. ne_nau.gif

    Or it has gotten used to people nearby! headscratch.gif

    Very strange, anyhow...

    Thanks for looking and commenting.

    Don
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2012
    If a photo is judged by its ability to evoke emotions, this one is a real winner. I get a very pronounced sense of sadness in viewing this shot.

    Tom
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2012
    black mamba wrote: »
    If a photo is judged by its ability to evoke emotions, this one is a real winner. I get a very pronounced sense of sadness in viewing this shot.

    Tom
    Tom, Thanks for looking in. I've been shooting at this site since May 2009. It was worse then, and they've been cleaning up. But this is the forst time I've seen the swan there! eek7.gif

    It slowly undergoing urban renewal.

    Oh well...

    Don
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  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2012
    Wow. That second shot is something else altogether.
    Anybody can do it.
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2012
    wfeller wrote: »
    Wow. That second shot is something else altogether.
    For sure! :Dthumb.gif

    Thank you for stopping by, wfeller.

    Don
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2012
    Oh the poor thing ... Looks so sad and out of place. Is there a bigger body of water nearby?

    #2 is great, but the first shot really brings on the emotions.
    Mary
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2012
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Oh the poor thing ... Looks so sad and out of place. Is there a bigger body of water nearby?

    #2 is great, but the first shot really brings on the emotions.
    Mary, thanks for stopping by. No large body of water particularly close by. This is a small industrial cul-de-sac. Very strange to find this swan there. eek7.gifcry



    Don
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  • RoadkillRoadkill Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2012
    Wow... 2 really strikes a cord for me. It is sad.
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 12, 2012
    Roadkill wrote: »
    Wow... 2 really strikes a cord for me. It is sad.
    Thanks for stopping by!

    Truly sad!

    Don
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  • Rob DouglasRob Douglas Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
    edited March 12, 2012
    Maybe lost from it's flock and that little body of water is it's only solitude :help
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