Mute Swan

[Douglas McMann]

I never really appreciated just how difficult it is to photograph a Swan in bright conditions...talk about blown highlights...!

Cropped extensively accordingly...

 

[Pete Askew]

But lovely light bounced up under the head. Nice.

 

[Douglas McMann]

Thanks Pete...just a shame the back of the bird has lost all detail due to overexposure...:-(

 

[Pete Askew]

I bet it's speechless!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Know exactly what you say Doug. Our harbour has swans and it is only into the evening when the sun sips that a shot becomes credible. I then use sot metering and hope for the best. Like the drip on the beak .

 

[Brian Moore]

I like the drip on the end of the beak as well, Dougie. And also the light under the chin. (Or, where a chin should be.)

 

[Paul Lange]

Cracker of a shot. I like the slight blown-out highlight around the head and the light under the chin.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I agree with Paul and find the expression; "where the chin should be," a bit moore