Black swan

[Tony Whitehead]

I liked this nice clean green BG and water. White line on the bill unfortunately pushed over the edge on converting to sRGB for web.
Nikon D300
Nikon 500VR + 1.4x
ISO 400 1/320 f5.6 Matrix +0
few white specks cleaned from water.

[Dave Blinder]

What an outstanding BG Tony. Nice comp, detail, and eye contact.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice one Tony. The swan's black plumage looks great against the green water. Man, that is one straight neck! Nice comp, with good space for the subject to swim into.

[Joe Senzatimore]

What a magnificent bird. This image brings out the best in a fine species. Great against the green BG.

[Brian Barcelos]

Great job on exposing those blacks perfectly. That BG with the contrasting red bill really makes this image. Congrats

[Stu Bowie]

Tony, excellent exposure on the blacks, showing good detail, and I like the softer light in this. These guys really swim majestically, and I agree, you got yourself a lovely clear water BG. You could have moved the swan a bit to the right, but then you would lose more of the trailing wake.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved this, nice expo, the water colour birds out the bird well and the space around works well, congrats Bhai..

[Ofer Levy]

Nice and clean. I like the mood captured.

[Randy Stout]

Tony:

Very nice. Techs as mentioned. We have a black swan family at the local bird sanctuary, and I love the texture shape of their feathers. Really lovely up close. A difficult exposure challenge between the reds, white band on bill and dark overall plumage.

The male is amazingly protective of his family. Whenever I approach, he swims as close to the fence as possible to shoo me away.

I also really like the strangled pipe organ sound they make.

Thanks. This one made me smile.

Randy

[Keith Bauer]

Great exposure on this image. Love that soft BG. Nicely captured. TFS

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

killer bg`s color,angle,light...pose!!!

[Bruce Enns]

Excellent all around Tony! The green and beautifully exposed black are fabulous. Love the details in the plumage, that red eye and bill, and the bright trail in the water. Wonderful image.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Danny Laredo]

Really nice Tony, love the water color and the amount of detail in the black.