Black swans

[praline3001]

The local park near me has a small flock of black swans. I went over there today to do some practicing. I took a ton of photos and they are in my Flickr is anyone is interested.. Here are a couple I took:









As I said, I have a ton more on flickr!

[karthickramalingam]

Wow... Nice Picture. the actions shots are extraordinay, the one which it trying to fly out...

Great Job...

[praline3001]

Originally Posted by karthickramalingam

Wow... Nice Picture. the actions shots are extraordinay, the one which it trying to fly out...

Great Job...

I guess I should add that these are wild swans ~ they are not contained in any way. The locals started feeding them and now they have a nice little flock which is now a bird sanctuary. They are *wild* but very friendly with humans They made great test subjects for me to practice on as they didn't run off and even posed for me! LOL

I had a bit of trouble as one kept stalking me and checking out my rear end LOL

[karthickramalingam]

Originally Posted by praline3001

I guess I should add that these are wild swans ~ they are not contained in any way. The locals started feeding them and now they have a nice little flock which is now a bird sanctuary. They are *wild* but very friendly with humans They made great test subjects for me to practice on as they didn't run off and even posed for me! LOL

I had a bit of trouble as one kept stalking me and checking out my rear end LOL

I can able to see the flocks in the Second picture.. Here and there are so many swans..

Its all how ppl interact with them.. Until they are disturbed it will be friendly.. Humans too...

Love the 4th pic for the Great details in the eyes.. the expression and talk..

[kirbinster]

Very nice but did you over process the first two, as they seem to have a red haze around their outline.

[praline3001]

Originally Posted by karthickramalingam

I can able to see the flocks in the Second picture.. Here and there are so many swans..

Its all how ppl interact with them.. Until they are disturbed it will be friendly.. Humans too...

Love the 4th pic for the Great details in the eyes.. the expression and talk..

Well one was a BIT TOO FRIENDLY HAhahahahha
It kept goosing me on the butt! LMAO
I haven't had that kind of thrill since my honeymoon LMAO

[praline3001]

Very nice but did you over process the first two, as they seem to have a red haze around their outline.

They came with that same red outline thing. I just checked my RAW photos and they have it. I think my camera was having a lot of trouble with the morning sun and the all black of the swans. I only have a point and shoot

The first one i did use Topaz but the second one all I did was straiten it and crop.

[Fred flyfisher]

wow, those are really nice Praline, I really like the first and second ones a lot.Great work!

[praline3001]

Originally Posted by Fred flyfisher

wow, those are really nice Praline, I really like the first and second ones a lot.Great work!

Thanks Fred! Not too bad for a newbie I do say so!

Oh I did get a gator shot too! But even better than THAT is the photo of my husband pretending to be the Lord Savior himself and walking on water hahahahah yeah he got a wee bit close to the gator trying to get him to move closer to me so I could get my close up shot. Now thats a loving hubby bahahah