Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

[mistral105]

Taken last Wednesday early morning before I saw the Black Swan, Kingfisher and the Osprey - see other threads I posted- the early light made this pair stand out and they were clearly bonding again. The male had driven their 2 cygnets away earlier.

1DX + 600mmMKII + 1-4xMKIII

Regards John


Mr and Mrs Swan-1219 by mistral105, on Flickr

[Stan]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Excellent detail and light John

Is it full frame as it really needs a bit more room either side and the bottom - did you get the full reflections

Stan

[mistral105]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

HI Stan - Yes it's full frame plus - I actually had a tiny part of the left hand swan's tail feather clipped - so extended the canvas and added in the tail feathers from the next image where they were present. I agree it would have been great to have the full reflection. Regards John

[tesarver]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Very cute couple you captured there John.

Tom

[Stan]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Yes it's full frame plus

serves you right for having such big lenses

Stan

[S_J_P]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Love the feather texture and lighting, but as Stan says, the reflection would have been the icing on the cake. Maybe that 200-400/1.4 would have been ideal! ;-)

[MX5]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

[mistral105]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Hi Steve and Stan - If I need to make a case for a 200-400 then I am collecting evidence from you both! Regards John

[mistral105]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Thanks MX5 - Regards John

[DeeGee]

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[mistral105]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Thanks again Di - Regards John

[EOS_User]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

serves you right for having such big lenses

Hi Steve and Stan - If I need to make a case for a 200-400 then I am collecting evidence from you both! Regards John

When you get your list of justifications to place before the CEO, let me have a copy please

Another great image; lovely light & detail.

Cheers;

Lee

[mikep]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

serves you right for having such big lenses

LOL - I thought the same thing... I bet he was about half a mile away!

Nice shot though, maybe I'm just jealous of the kit he's got!

Well done. Mike.

[mistral105]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Many thanks Lee - will do so. I am hoping to have a 200-400 for a day and compare to my other kit. Regards John

[mistral105]

Re: Mr and Mrs Swan @Titchfield Haven

Hi Mike - Thanks for the kind comments - I was about 25m away and this was just too close and just clipped off the LH swan's tail feathers. I was able to copy the feather from the next image I took and paste it onto the first image. The swans did move away from me but the pose they had changed and was not as good. I was definitely too close with the black swan - posted in another thread and a long range zoom would have been ideal. Regards John