Swan with Cygnet

[digiman]

I was camping with my family at Ullswater the past couple of days. These residents were always close. It was lovely to see parent and child. The shots are a little noisy, shot at ISO800. All shot handheld with a 70-200f4L

#1

Swan with Cygnet by Garry Mac, on Flickr
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 154 mm
ISO Speed 800

#2

Swan with Cygnet by Garry Mac, on Flickr
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 200 mm
ISO Speed 800

#3

Swan with Cygnet by Garry Mac, on Flickr
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 200 mm
ISO Speed 800

All comments always welcome,

Garry

[Milhouse]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Hi Garry

Really lovely shots of the swans ... just graceful :)

#3 is just fabulous and my fav - synchronised

[digiman]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Thanks Jennifer, I appreciate your comments.



Garry

[tesarver]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Very nice set Garry.

Tom

[digiman]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Thanks Tom, quite pleased with this one,

Garry

[AlexR!]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Garry, that is a really lovely set. The noise looks perfectly acceptable to me. My fave is no 1, as to my eye it has the best mirroring both in terms of parent/child and in the water.
Just a thought, but the reflection works so well that I found myself looking at it with the top cropped a little, such that the bottom of the adult was half way up. This seemed to focus my eye on the details such as the raised foot better, though I don't know why. Probably just me though.

[digiman]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Garry, that is a really lovely set. The noise looks perfectly acceptable to me. My fave is no 1, as to my eye it has the best mirroring both in terms of parent/child and in the water.
Just a thought, but the reflection works so well that I found myself looking at it with the top cropped a little, such that the bottom of the adult was half way up. This seemed to focus my eye on the details such as the raised foot better, though I don't know why. Probably just me though.

Thanks very much for your comment and suggestion Alex.
A bit like this??

Swan with Cygnet Crop by Garry Mac, on Flickr

[Stan]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Well composed and exposed shots. Even better as all are synchronised poses

Stan

[digiman]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Thanks Stan, appreciate your comments,

Garry

[AlexR!]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Thanks very much for your comment and suggestion Alex.
A bit like this??

Garry, that's almost what I was thinking, although I envisaged just taking the top off. I see you've also taken from the left which means they are both now moving into the frame, which to my eye is even better still.

[digiman]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Thanks Alex,
Garry

[DeeGee]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Incredible how they are doing the same actions at the same time.

[pelliott1954]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Garry, these are delightful shots, really like the dark backgrounds adding emphasis to the Swans.

Regards Paul

[digiman]

Re: Swan with Cygnet

Thanks Di and Paul for looking and commenting, much appreciated,

Garry