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I went for a walk around Oakland Lake yesterday. I spotted a swan swimming along the shore and decided to give chase. After 30 minutes of stalking the swan and firing off about 100 photos, I realized what a wonderful nature shoot I had just had.

These photos were taken with my G1 + B-300 at ISO 50 using manual exposure and metering by eye while hand holding the camera. Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
 
I like your swan. What a pretty creature. The closeups are fantastic. Dont like the first one as much. Really like the reflection in the second.
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The last one is really really nice,, Great texture for white. Overall detail is really fine too.
Chuck Cunningham said:
I like your swan. What a pretty creature. The closeups are
fantastic. Dont like the first one as much. Really like the
reflection in the second.
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Thank you Chuck. I like the reflections in the first one and it sets the stage for the others.

Morris
Chuck Cunningham said:
I like your swan. What a pretty creature. The closeups are
fantastic. Dont like the first one as much. Really like the
reflection in the second.
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cwc
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Hi Morris,

What a joy I had looking at this series, with each image I must laugh louder, superb job, I could see you running there in my imagination. Fantastic caption for this series and all pictures are clean and detailed and well exposed. Great fun Morris and well done.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
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Thank you Dirk. I’m glad I was able to share some of my fun with you.

Morris
Dirk Vermeirre said:
Hi Morris,

What a joy I had looking at this series, with each image I must
laugh louder, superb job, I could see you running there in my
imagination. Fantastic caption for this series and all pictures are
clean and detailed and well exposed. Great fun Morris and well done.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
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come on now morris, you're expecting comments on swan pictures!! I would expect at least a couple of action shots of the swans showing that stong teritorial behavious they are famous for!

Seriously though - nice pics:
  1. 1 is like most of my nature shots, (excepting that mine are usually bluriery - those critters do keep moving.)
  2. 2 nice, but I think I might have preffered it without the branch on the waterline.
  3. 3 loved it, nice composition, colors reflection. For me, the best of the set.
  4. 4 & #5 nice sharp pics, but don't especially appeal to me.
Nice set of pictures,
Richard.
morris said:
come on now. These are better than that!
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Morris,

The close-ups - from 3 onwards - are excellent. Photo 2 is marred slightly by the branch which disturbs the peaceful atmosphere and reflection; photo 1, the scene-setter, is a bit too distant to draw the viewer in.

In all, a pleasing set of images. If you are within range of the pond, it would be tempting to re-shoot the opening scene, simplifying the landscape elements and increasing the emphasis on the swan.

The exposures are bang-on.
morris said:
I went for a walk around Oakland Lake yesterday. I spotted a swan
swimming along the shore and decided to give chase. After 30
minutes of stalking the swan and firing off about 100 photos, I
realized what a wonderful nature shoot I had just had.

These photos were taken with my G1 + B-300 at ISO 50 using manual
exposure and metering by eye while hand holding the camera.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
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James
 
morris said:


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1/200 f 3.5

I went for a walk around Oakland Lake yesterday. I spotted a swan
swimming along the shore and decided to give chase. After 30
minutes of stalking the swan and firing off about 100 photos, I
realized what a wonderful nature shoot I had just had.
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Hi Morris nice pics. Swans are a great subject and your closeup pics are really sharp. The colour in your pics is interesting to me, I like its quality. BTW I looked at these yesterday but just starting my computer this morning the swan in the last one looks a little green which is probably my monitor warming up so ignore that.

I just wanted to mention Morris that near me instead of stalking them you can just bring bread crumbs .. then they stalk you !! :-)

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Thank you richard

Morris
Richard B. said:
Seriously though - nice pics:
  1. 1 is like most of my nature shots, (excepting that mine are
usually bluriery - those critters do keep moving.)
  1. 2 nice, but I think I might have preffered it without the branch
on the waterline.
  1. 3 loved it, nice composition, colors reflection. For me, the best
of the set.
  1. 4 & #5 nice sharp pics, but don't especially appeal to me.
Nice set of pictures,
Richard.
morris said:
come on now. These are better than that!
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Richard B.
S404 gallery http://www.ericksonbird.com/samples
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Thank you James. I like your sugestions.

Morris
James Knowles said:
The close-ups - from 3 onwards - are excellent. Photo 2 is marred
slightly by the branch which disturbs the peaceful atmosphere and
reflection; photo 1, the scene-setter, is a bit too distant to draw
the viewer in.

In all, a pleasing set of images. If you are within range of the
pond, it would be tempting to re-shoot the opening scene,
simplifying the landscape elements and increasing the emphasis on
the swan.

The exposures are bang-on.
morris said:
I went for a walk around Oakland Lake yesterday. I spotted a swan
swimming along the shore and decided to give chase. After 30
minutes of stalking the swan and firing off about 100 photos, I
realized what a wonderful nature shoot I had just had.

These photos were taken with my G1 + B-300 at ISO 50 using manual
exposure and metering by eye while hand holding the camera.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
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James
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Thank you Mark. The green in the shadow is a reflection of the leaves. Yes, bread crumbs do work, but this was done the harder way.

Morris
Mark_A said:
morris said:


1/200 f 3.5



1/200 f 3.5

I went for a walk around Oakland Lake yesterday. I spotted a swan
swimming along the shore and decided to give chase. After 30
minutes of stalking the swan and firing off about 100 photos, I
realized what a wonderful nature shoot I had just had.
Click to expand...
Hi Morris nice pics. Swans are a great subject and your closeup
pics are really sharp. The colour in your pics is interesting to
me, I like its quality. BTW I looked at these yesterday but just
starting my computer this morning the swan in the last one looks a
little green which is probably my monitor warming up so ignore that.

I just wanted to mention Morris that near me instead of stalking
them you can just bring bread crumbs .. then they stalk you !! :-)

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Mark
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