Mute Swan (c)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. This swan is one of the many maintained at that lake, a descendant of royal swans on the Thames River sent to Lakeland by the Queen Of England in the 1950's. I guess viewers will either love or hate the background. It is a reflection from building bordering the lake. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/4000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 900 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[Aditya Sridhar]

This is a unique shot Joe. The bird is sharp with good details. I like the background but as presented, I do find it quite distracting. I think it would've worked if the water was calmer with fewer ripples. I might even crop the photo a bit tighter just to make the swan stand out a bit more. I like the attempt though. It's different compared to the usual swan photos.

[Joseph Przybyla]

This is a unique shot Joe. The bird is sharp with good details. I like the background but as presented, I do find it quite distracting. I think it would've worked if the water was calmer with fewer ripples. I might even crop the photo a bit tighter just to make the swan stand out a bit more. I like the attempt though. It's different compared to the usual swan photos.

Hi Adi, thank you for commenting and viewing, very much appreciated. I just happen to have a tighter crop, most times I work up different versions. Here is a tighter crop.

[Aditya Sridhar]

Repost is a big improvement!

[Jonathan Ashton]

I too prefer the tighter cop, the swan is well rendered and the smaller background competes less.

[gail bisson]

The swan looks great but i am struggling to like this image because of the BG.
If the water had been calm without ripples, then this would have been excellent.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

For me the background colors complements on the beak color. I like it as it is.

When I saw this image I thought about two other versions of this image one to have calmer water with non ripples, another slower shutter speed to have eye sharp and render water smoother...

TFS

[John Mack]

Much prefer the repost. The colors and ripples in the water makes this one for me. Nice and sharp.