Swans Romance...

[Ofer Levy]

1D Mark IV, Canon 600 f4, 1/3200, f7.1, iso 640, Miller Solo tripod, Miller Arrow 25 fluid head, waist deep water


Taken yesterday morning here in Sydney. I have seen this behaviour before but conditions were never right.

About 80% of full frame

[Randy Stout]

Ofer:

Lovely. I have some similar ones of trumpeters, but I have always felt that the feather texture/contrasting red bill of black swans is really special. Excellent exposure here, and this is one bird where the blacks have to be right, even if the whites suffer a smidge.
This would be great as a valentine days card.

In a perfect world, would prefer not to have the bush? on the right, but the birds are pretty spectacular.

Cheers

Randy

[MohsenVahedipour]

Hi Ofer,
Very romantic pose with great low angle and fine details. The upper left part of BG is distracting. What's that?

[Tom Redd]

Beautiful shot Ofer, lighting and detail wonderful.

[Duane Noblick]

Simply beautiful. Love the pose and the detail in the blacks.

[Christopher C.M. Cooke]

Hi Ofer but I am sorry to burst your bubble.

I study Swans for our wetlands in Victoria and what you are witnessing is a territorial dispute in the making.

Many folk make the mistake of thinking this is a matter of romance, it is not!

You have two males exposing their white feathers and should this continue an altercation would ensue.

A beautiful image nonetheless.