Taken at a local lake about 45 minutes before sunset.
This is a very small crop of a much larger image (so yes, the focus is unfortunately a touch soft). Although the larger image is more striking, I felt the reflection aspect extremely low. This crop, which is not my favourite, is more in the spirit of the challenge.
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Nice photo! I just went to view swans along the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, (North-Central USA), and saw 500 swans. I missed the peak count of 5,000 by 2 weeks. I didn't end up with any that were so nice as yours.
lovely. well done - though I think I'd prefer the sun and the swan shadow to be more distinct from each other. The sun almost 'spoils' the impact of the reflection
Great shot. Have you had 20 comments saying its underexposed? It is, and done very well. I like it just like this. Too bad the water wasn't a little calmer. Great shot.