Pretty scene. I like what the dual tone did to the body of the foremost swan, nice subtle coloration, but the shadows remove a great deal of the detail that I would have liked to have seen. Pretty sharp, but still hard to see. 6 Rob the Swash
Nice soft image here which does look appealing. The choice to go black and white with sepia toning wasn't wrong, it looks very good! Maybe there is just a little too much softness in your "fauna", but it isn't negative at all. Good job.
I like the choice of sepia here - very atmospheric, and makes the backlighting on the swans work, somehow. I don't know what the latest rule on framing is, but I hope you don't get any trouble regarding the lighter areas of the image just inside the frame. Very nice work.
lovely composition. The trees are graceful reminders of the swans and help frame the shot. The necks of the swand are so nice back (or side) lit - dark lines highlighted with white against petal like bodies. The grain of the sand fading into the ripples of the water into the soft horizon.