The swan family

[PeterD-2009]

One of the families of swan I have been keeping a watch over. Good clutch of 7 Cygnets.


http://peterd-2009.smugmug.com/photos/585138250_RwbqG-XL.jpg

Larger image available here http://peterd-2009.smugmug.com/gallery/8755903_Vp7ZU/1/#585138250_RwbqG-A-LB

C & C welcome

[Ric Grupe]

Nicely done! :clap

Very hard to get them all in the same frame with good composition and depth of field.:thumb

[Mark Edell]

:agree Well done~!

[raptorcaptor]

Good capture! Nice and sharp! :thumb

[PeterD-2009]

Thank you Ric, Mark and Glenn.

[Maestro]

Good job handling the exposure for the white plumage and like the other have said, great work getting the entire family in the frame!

[PeterD-2009]

Good job handling the exposure for the white plumage and like the other have said, great work getting the entire family in the frame!

Thanks Stephen, White birds are extermely difficult to capture well. There is so little tonal (is that the word?) variation in the white plumage and the plumage reflects the sunlight strongly. It's easy to end up with the whites clipped so severely that any detail is just lost. I was very lucky with the family shot as they were very young birds and the parents kept them together so they could look after them.

[Photosbychuck]

Great Shot :bow

[PeterD-2009]

Great Shot :bow
Thank you Chuck

[Bud1880]

Excellent! :clap

Bud

[Gale]

That is a beautiful image.

Very high cute factor also with the babies:>))

I think I would print that big on canvas

[PeterD-2009]

Thanks Bud and Gale. I really appreciate everyones comments. When you follow the fortunes of a family such as this it gets to be personal:D .