On an evening walk along the shore, I noticed two Mute Swans, an adult and a well-grown juvenile, incongruously positioned on the vast tract of sand that is Swansea Beach. I thought perhaps one of the two, which was sitting down throughout, was injured. In fact, as I approached to investigate, I realised it wasn't injured; just lazy! I was able to get quite close and take a few pictures with my 500mm lens:
A close-up of the 'lazy' adult:
The duller-beaked juvenile:
And the adult with a small feather on its beak:
Soon, the sun disappeared over the horizon, and I decided to try to capture the 'essence' of the scene before me, without any distracting details. To this end, I moved the camera from one side to another during an exposure of about two seconds to create these effects:
It's a bit of a hit-or-miss technique, but it was worth a try!
I particularly like the close-up of your 'lazy adult'. Thank you for explaining about the muted (no pun intended!) beak of the juvenile.
ReplyDeleteYour final shots would make good abstract paintings of the Gower coast!
beautiful swan shots!
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