This is my favourite shot taken during an afternoon of photography at a local lake. I managed to capture two courting swans making a heart shape with their necks.
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Thanks for all the comments and suggestions on my 1st ever photo and challenge submission on this site.
The swans were doing some sort of ritual with each other ( yes.. probably that one ! ) so I watched them for a while and took several shots out of interest until they formed the heart shape you see here.
Peoples criticisms are fine but in direct sunlight this is exactly how it looked. The swans were almost glowing. I'd have increased the shutter speed but would have been to dark and I'd have lost the detail in the water.
As for the people who would have preffered " Still water " again these are elements that although noted are out of my control !
Thanks to those that liked this and congrats to all the ribbons !
Wonderful pose, pretty shot. I think a tighter crop may work well to get rid of the brush in the back. Maybe B & W also because the color of the water is sorta blah.
How long did you have to wait for this. You had no control, but this would've been a 10+ if the reflection, if unrippled would've been perfect. Great photo none-the-less
Very pretty! Great shot of the moment, with their wings up that way and the reflections in the water. But the photo is a little overexposed. Can always underexpose a tad so the highlights aren't blown. I know it ain't easy when the subject is white and rest of the scene pretty dark.
A fantastic capture, what with the necks and heads forming a heart shape. Slight problem with overexposure on some of the feathers, and I think it would be better closer cropped.
Beautiful capture, position, reflection, angle. Too bad parts of the birds are blown out, so it's difficult to see detail and verify sharpness. Cropping out the top and right would be better. The position of the necks and wings still carries this image.
What a lovely pair - and a perfect pose! I like how your composition includes the reflections - I might crop some more at the top to emphasize the reflections and also because there is nothing there that adds to the image. The light on the birds is bright and seems a little blown out in places on the wings - losing some detail. But the shape of the birds and their relationship to eachother are a more important factor in this picture than detail.
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