Wild Swans! …post them in this communal thread.

Some more.



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Welcome Roy!

re: post #320
This family and the light it was swimming in
are just plain gorgeous… the kids are so cute!
All your shots are story telling and the setup is
beautiful…

I think the WB may be a tad warm though!
 
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Thanks Kodiak,

" I think the WB may be a tad warm though! "

I can see that is a possibility ! these taken during early morning sunrise approx 06.00 am with sun reflecting off the water.
 
Further post on the Inverness College swans and their rapidly growing cygnets today!

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By glorious weather, the swans had
nothing better to do than chasing one
another happily and noisily …


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That one crossed the whole marsh to landed
at the right distance for a FF @ 600mm…

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…caught as it was passing through
the very last sunlight of the day.


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… after some bad weather, the Sun found its
way underneath the cloud and spread some
glorious low rays over the marsh!

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@1dmouse

…can't resist your second take, Andrew!
 
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Darn, Mike…

— you were a tad too late to get a full span!
— your focus is on the wing… at ƒ2.8, the head is soft
— the SS was a tad too slow

in all 3 points, so very close. Don't give up!
 
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Darn, Mike…

— you were a tad too late to get a full span!
— your focus is on the wing… at ƒ2.8, the head is soft
— the SS was a tad too slow

in all 3 points, so very close. Don't give up!
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the shutter speed was 1/6400sec camera only goes to 1/8000sec so not far off max, do you really need 1/8000sec to get a static wing, or is it just out of focus?
 
dinorock said:
the shutter speed was 1/6400sec camera only goes to 1/8000sec so not far off max, do you really need 1/8000sec to get a static wing, or is it just out of focus?
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On the following take the settings were ISO 800, SS 1/1250 s, ƒ8, 600 mm
and the focus was on the head of the upper swan. The crop shows that the
spark in its eye is a sharp point as the lower swan has a blurred one. This is
revealing that the head of the lower one is OoF.

When I look at your take in post 342 in flickr, the spark is a line revealing a
movement thus my deduction of a slow SS… I cannot explain why the line
since I know that nothing a swan can do ever require such speed as the one
you used.


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This second take is sharper but the DoF is insufficient.
dinorock said:
maybe i should decrease the aperture for a better dof?
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I never shoot swans at a greater aperture than ƒ8
cause the birds are so big.

Your very specific problem is the density of birds!
If you look throughout this thread, you will see that
many members posted a single swan as, in your 2
later posts, there are many other birds around.

Choosing ƒ8 will do both:
— get more of your subject in focus
— the other birds too!

I would recommend ƒ8 trying to isolate your subject
in the frame.
 
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This is not fair…
there are at least 120 wild swans at the marsh
and not all juvenile mind you… but not a single
baby to be seen! Jealous.

Sweet and graceful but a tad too dark, IMO.
 
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This is a perfect example of why nothing
is more boring than a blue sky:
— little or no half-tones
— harsh light and contrasts
— and in this light incidence, everything is blue!

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