Swan Pic for C&C

Dodgykeeper · 09-10-2009 7:03pm #1

My first swan pic, taken in Tymon Park

spadder · 09-10-2009 7:12pm

Great Pic, there's a nice symmetry between his neck and the leading edge of his wing.

CabanSail · 09-10-2009 7:21pm

Normal reaction is .... Yawn another Swan, but this is quite a good one.

The only suggestion I have would be that it needs more room on the left for the Swan to move into.

AnCatDubh · 09-10-2009 7:23pm

Nice detail.

Just a thought - Given that you are framing the entire swan, I'd suggest that perhaps you have cropped too tight - when viewing wildlife images it can be nice to view the context of wildlife's environs.

Dodgykeeper · 09-10-2009 7:36pm

Ok taking those two points on board here we go

Ricky91t · 09-10-2009 7:39pm

Great shot,But a dirty swan :pac:

I assume this is a cygnet?

tonyoc_1 · 09-10-2009 7:51pm

I'd say it's just leaving that ugly duckling phase, nice shot. What lens did you use?

Dodgykeeper · 09-10-2009 7:52pm

Nikon D700
300mm 2.8

CabanSail · 09-10-2009 7:59pm

Much prefer the wider crop.

Well done.

Fionn · 09-10-2009 9:14pm

is that the colour the swan was or did you underexpose? swans can be very difficult to expose for at times. I have some pics of swans that look like cardboard cutouts

dudara · 09-10-2009 11:09pm

I'd consider the second photo to be much better. Nice action shot.

pippatee · 09-10-2009 11:16pm

Yeah ... second shot for me as well F.

Just a personal thing, but a more letterbox type crop, with the top 1/5 of the photo cropped maybe ...

and a weird one....maybe flip it so that the swan is moving from left to right,

Phil