Whoopers in black

Gallery: AvianPosted February 19, 2010303 views12 comments

On our way back Mark Hamblin and I spotted some whooper swans on a lake. We decided to go for it and walked to the lake unseen. The water was quite black and thought under exposing might work here. Just enough time to get some shots. A few seconds later people in canoes scared them off and went airborne.

iso 200 1/640 sec. -4.3EV full frame Nikon D3 - Nikon 200-400/4 hand held.

Edwin Kats

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12 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 19, 2010 at 2:18 PM

Have you tried this in b & w? Just kidding.

This is really nice and I think it would work well cropped to a landscape format, too. Sharon

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Comment posted by Lajos Horvath on February 19, 2010 at 2:24 PM

Excellent! Very cool! I agree with Cindy, don't change.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 19, 2010 at 2:57 PM

lovely - sure works for me.
Reminds us all to think "out of the box."
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 19, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Very unique and wonderful. Well thought out and engaging.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 19, 2010 at 9:58 PM

Simple, yet effective. Nice image.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on February 20, 2010 at 3:40 AM

Brilliant!

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 20, 2010 at 4:53 AM

Very effective Edwin and I like your placement of the swans

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 20, 2010 at 7:26 AM

Very cool. Not much else to say.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM

Excellent. Well seen, well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on February 20, 2010 at 2:00 PM

Love the impact that this use of space provides.

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Comment posted by Ed Dubois on February 20, 2010 at 4:28 PM

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Comment posted by Ron McCombe on February 20, 2010 at 7:13 PM

Stunning Edwin

Ron

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