Early Morning Swans

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A few swan shots from the other morning when I got up to photograph the sunrise.

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C&C welcome :)
 
Fascinating differences in the colour of the water. Is it moulting season for swans?
 
d_pipa said:
great!:) what time?
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About 6.30am by the time I had started to take pictures of the swans.

rh1944 said:
Fascinating differences in the colour of the water. Is it moulting season for swans?
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The differences in the water colour came from the sun rising and then going behind the clouds that where just rolling in at that point. As for the moulting I think they are young swans but I could be wrong. :shrug:
 
I agree, no1.
 
like the first one very much, im still new to this and went to try shoot a few bird shots my self to day, but none as good as these, whats the best camera setting for this? bearing in mind iv only got a 18-55mm lens
 
I used the canon 70-200 f4L in Av mode f8. Basically its just a matter of getting the sun at a sunrise/sunset and angle yourself so the sun is reflected off the water just behind the swan. This then gives you the golden reflection and the silhuette effect.
 
rh1944 said:
Fascinating differences in the colour of the water. Is it moulting season for swans?
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Mute swans moult anytime from June to October..........(y)
 
Numbers 1 and 2 stand out for me, #1 being different and very subtle, is it cropped from the original? I ask because I feel it would be even better than it is if there was more of the bird there.

(y)
 
number 1 is a corking shot
 
Lovely series of shots, time of day really does make a difference. (y)
 
fracster said:
Numbers 1 and 2 stand out for me, #1 being different and very subtle, is it cropped from the original? I ask because I feel it would be even better than it is if there was more of the bird there.

(y)
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It is cropped a tiny bit i think just but just dead space not any of the actual swan. I had to frame it in quite close because there was a lot of other swans in close vicinity and I wanted to try get the swan isolated with just the golden water.
 
they are beautiful
 
mole2k said:
It is cropped a tiny bit i think just but just dead space not any of the actual swan. I had to frame it in quite close because there was a lot of other swans in close vicinity and I wanted to try get the swan isolated with just the golden water.
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Still an exceptional shot, simply because it is different.............:clap:
 
i love the fact you can see the light through their nostrils.
 
:clap:Excellent set with 1 and 2 being real eye catchers.

I wonder if No 1 would benefit from having the white spot on its beak cloned out.

Tom
 
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