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Mute Swan

by Oscar Dewhurst

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted April 19, 2011107 views12 comments
Taken last weekend. I was walking back from the hide when I saw two mute swans swimming towards me. I lay down on the boardwalk and after a lot of craning my neck, I had got a number of shots of them.

Techs:
Nikon D300s
Nikon 200-400mm lens at 400
F4
1/4000s
ISO 320

Oscar :wavey:

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by Karen Summers on April 19, 2011 at 5:40 PM
like the lighting in this one Oscar and a great pov you have get lovely shot
Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments
Comment posted by Scott Tilley on April 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM
Was well worth getting down low Oscar! Nicely shot. :toast:

Scott
Registered on January 3, 2009, 12 Posts, 108 Comments
Comment posted by keith mitchell on April 20, 2011 at 3:21 AM
Down low Oscar and all the better for it,very nice indeed.

Keith. :smile:
Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments
Comment posted by David Sewell on April 20, 2011 at 5:48 AM
The low pov has worked well for you, as has a classic composition.

David
Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments
Comment posted by rosemary green on April 20, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Lovely shot, Oscar. Of course, "getting down" for you is rather more easy than for me!! Always worth the effort though.
Registered on December 11, 2010, 0 Posts, 50 Comments
Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 20, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Lovely image, Oscar. Very nice point of view and beautiful light. :wavey:
Registered on January 23, 2008, 48 Posts, 769 Comments
Comment posted by John Robinson on April 20, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Simple and very effective.
JohnR
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Mason on April 20, 2011 at 4:18 PM
Excellent! The eye on the large version is superb.
Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments
Comment posted by Phil Ellard on April 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM
great comp and lighting make a wonderful photo :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments
Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on April 22, 2011 at 3:48 AM

Not much wrong with this, Oscar. A fine swan shot if ever there was one.

Andy...
Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Haskell on April 22, 2011 at 6:34 AM
Hi Oscar

Really nicely caught. The blues in the water are the icing on the shot for me.

Ian
Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments
Comment posted by Edwin kats on April 25, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Great shot Oscar. You did well with the exposure. Not an easy job I'm sure.

Edwin
Registered on April 24, 2006, 177 Posts, 399 Comments