#73 First ideas

travelways · March 22, 2011

I am near the Rhine river, were there are a lot of swans and and because I almost never been able to take photos of swans in Canada,
I'm really enjoying doing this here, in Germany.

That's why I wanted so much the next theme to be something related to swans, and thanks Sean, it is

Needless to say that the first thing I did this morning, was to go down the river and get some swans shots rushing
out of water. (there are 5 hours difference between here and the EST)

Here there are some of them:

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

Please tell me if they are any good.

Thank you,

indiegirl · March 22, 2011

#1 nails it. Great captures!

SimpsonBrothers · March 22, 2011

I like #9

slpollett · March 22, 2011

#1 for me. All nice shots, but #1 really hits the 'rushed' look perfectly.

Sherry

bf2015 · March 22, 2011

#9 says wow to me as well! Very nice.

rbustraen · March 22, 2011

I like #1 and #9 with #9 just a little bit more....

Molotov Everything · March 22, 2011

I gotta go with #2 over #1 because in #1, the wings are arched back, which is what birds do to add wind drag and slow themselves down, whereas in #2 the wings are flat out and pointed forward, and also the feet are further apart which looks more frantic. Either that or #6, which is similar to #2.

WhatSheSaw · March 22, 2011

They are all exceptional! I like #1 best - the angle of view, the surreal reflection, the arched wings (sorry to disagree with you Molotov

).

How about Walking on Water as a title?

Molotov Everything · March 23, 2011

WhatSheSaw wrote: »

They are all exceptional! I like #1 best - the angle of view, the surreal reflection, the arched wings (sorry to disagree with you Molotov ).

How about Walking on Water as a title?

Hah yea I guess I'm the only nerdy ass engineer that's posted in this thread so far. Believe me, I do like #1, but just as far as the theme goes I thought #2 hit it square on the head where as #1 was a little behind the head due to the excess wind resistance.

travelways · March 23, 2011

Thank you very much for your comments!

I was very excited to show them, but I will probably take even more shots since I have 2 weeks to play with this...

- So I guess there is no rush to make a decision right now

DsrtVW · March 24, 2011

You might try to slow your shutter speed down and pan the shot to add some blur to it. Sometimes give more sense of motion to it.
Great action shots
One more thing if you could get a lower angle closer to the water could give it more. Though not always possible due to location which makes it tough sometimes.
example
http://kadvantage.smugmug.com/Waterfowl/Swans-1/Full-Takeoff/766321846_jLjRy-L.jpg

I am jealous all the swans around here have migrated north again.

rteest42 · March 24, 2011

these are awesome, have fun with them the next two weeks (and it doesn't give me even the germ of an idea for 'rush'....sigh...

travelways · March 24, 2011

DsrtVW wrote: »

You might try to slow your shutter speed down and pan the shot to add some blur to it. Sometimes give more sense of motion to it.
Great action shots
One more thing if you could get a lower angle closer to the water could give it more. Though not always possible due to location which makes it tough sometimes.
example
http://kadvantage.smugmug.com/Waterfowl/Swans-1/Full-Takeoff/766321846_jLjRy-L.jpg

I am jealous all the swans around here have migrated north again.

Thank you Chris for the suggestion - yes, I've been thinking about this too, but first I was amazed
of what I could get... because it's not every day (at least for me) to be able to catch such beauties,
and therefore I was afraid to miss the shot if I don't use a very high speed

I did try them at a slower speed today though, and also I went down closer to the surface of the water
(I wish it was a little warmer and the grass less wet...), but I got some which I'll post a little later
in a new thread.

Thank you so much again - BTW: your image is fabulous!!!

travelways · March 24, 2011

rteest42 wrote: »

these are awesome, have fun with them the next two weeks (and it doesn't give me even the germ of an idea for 'rush'....sigh...

Thank you Trish - so they don't say "rush" to you? I got some more to show...

rteest42 · March 24, 2011

photo-bug wrote: »

Thank you Trish - so they don't say "rush" to you? I got some more to show...

Oh, they DO say rush... but not giving ME any ideas for my own RUSH, iykwim?

#73 First ideas

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