swans

[jo]

I put a few swan photos in my gallery. I've been at their little marsh every evening for about a week -- probably took 1000 photos or more. And then comes the sorting and sifting and what-can-I-do-in-Elements...

[Wendy]

Hi Jo ...

Oh those are lovely photographs ... swans are just so elegant and you have captured them perfectly !! It was worth taking so many shots to get those :) The first one looks like something you would find on a birthday card and those reflection on the second one are excellent.

You must be so pleased with them :)

Wendy

[Dorrie H.]

Jo,
Beautiful shots. They look so elegant, and you did a great job in framing them. Wow, a 1000 shots, but it sure was worth it wasn't it.

Dorrie

[jo]

They are such fun to watch and sometimes you don't even realize what was happening until you put the tiny images on the big computer screen. My neighbor had a series of shots where 1 little cygnet kept swimming away and the big mama swan snapped him up and plopped him back in the water close to her. And I caught a series where 1 cygnet didn't want to swim and was climbing up its mama's leg to hitch a ride -- another thing happening that I couldn't really see until I saw the series on the computer screen.

[ktnoon60]

Jo those are great, those cygnets are so cute! I like the touch of spotlight it's very effective. I think I would hang out all day at the pond watching them if they were near me.

Terry

[crljean]

Jo, they're lovely. I can't add to what the others have said but I think your time was well spent.

[lindajay]

Jo, aren't the just the most beautiful birds? And you caught the "swan-essence" perfectly :) . I like the third one a lot, too -- the one you did the ink outlines on. I'd be happy to have that hanging on my wall as a piece of art.

[kayser]

Wow, what great photos! thanks for sharing.

[mel]

Jo the images are beautiful!!!

I can relate to what you did very well. I do the exact same thing over here, only at the moment it's with cute little ducklings :) Sometimes I go out to see some of the 'wildlife' that is here and hours seem to disapear and I come home with a full memory card :eek:

I just love it in nature and watching how 'birds' have their own ways, especially when there are little ones involved :)

[NMarti]

Jo
Those are so wonderful! You did a really nice job of presenting them too!

[jo]

Can you stand another one? I just added it to my gallery.

I really liked the way he was showing off, but he was so far away and my focus wasn't very good so the pics were fuzzy beyond sharpening. But a couple of filters to turn it into a "painting" worked much better -- paint daubs and poster edges this time.

[Wendy]

Jo ...

Wow that is such a beautiful effect and it works well on this image ... :)

Wendy

[Robyn]

Yes Jo........I can stand another one. Very nicely presented!