This Juvenile Trumpeter swan was seen on the Yukon River in early December when the temps were around -30C. He/she didn't look well and possibly had a broken wing although I did see it flying low over the river at one point but not getting any airtime. It was around for about a week and then I didn't see it again. Hopefully it made it out okay. When it first arrived it was with an adult but the adult left after a few days.
This was shot handheld while lying on the ice. Canon 1DX Mk II, Canon 400 DO II at 400mm f/5.6 1/500 ISO 1000.
Lovely on all counts but too cold for me :) For the repost I opened up the face, head, and upper neck quite a bit. That plus a contrast mask there.
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Beautiful pose and details Geoff. I'm cold just looking at it. Agree that Arthur's repost really brings out the beauty in this shot that was there all along. Very nice.