Mutilated Majesty!

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This young Swan was wounded nobody knows how
some two weeks ago. Though I well knew and was
following it each time I was at the marsh, I did not
shoot it as I wanted to know how it would be doing.

At the end of its moult, with almost fully grown back
feathers and healed wound though with a mutilated
leg, may I introduce His Majesty…


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It is clear that since these birds need a long runway,
this guy is grounded as it can no longer run!

 
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not being critical here .... just trying to help

image #3 - the head is out of focus ............. just a question .. when the head is OOF do you think that in most cases it just throws the balance of the image out , i.e. it makes it a poor image
 
not being critical here .... just trying to help

image #3 - the head is out of focus ............. just a question .. when the head is OOF do you think that in most cases it just throws the balance of the image out , i.e. it makes it a poor image

I agree it does make it a poor image imo.

I just assumed that Daniel was maybe using Group AF which is why the closest part (the foot) is in focus?
 
not being critical here
Please, just be… it keeps me on my toes!
just a question
… but I see nowhere a question mark!
when the head is OOF do you think that in most cases it just throws the balance of the image out , i.e. it makes it a poor image
Neither nor!
This is an old journalistic technique called "selective focus".
A basic communication trick that, like in this case, wants to
show the mutilation mainly and the majesty it is attached to.
I agree it does make it a poor image imo.
Sorry you see it that way, Wez!
I just assumed that Daniel was maybe using Group AF
Not at all!
…as Group AF was introduced on Nikon's D4s & D810 (that
I just bought and wait for). All these marsh shots were taken
with the D800E that does not feature Group AF.
 
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Smashing set of shot Kodiak, I wouldn't have guessed the Swan was mutilated unless you had said, Swans often rest with one leg over their back like this, I just assumed it was at rest :)
 


Thanks Ian!
Swans often rest with one leg over their back like this
Yes but when they do, one can recognize the palmed
foot in its whole splendour! :)
 
Are you certain it's injured? It's not uncommon for a swan to place it's legs on it's back...


Look carefully at the foot in three…
half of it is gone… ouch!

No one yet knows how it happened!

This is what a normal foot looks like…

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Looks normal to me... three toes and a spur. The Mute Swans on the pond behind my house swim with one foot up quite frequently. I've never paid enough attention to tell if they favor one foot or the other.
 
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