Meet the Swans

SquarePeg · May 30, 2021

Every year these two swans have a nest on our local pond and I miss the cute hatchling phase. I finally got down there while the cygnets were still fuzzy! This year there are 6 babies. They were having their dinner when I spotted them. They came really close to shore. Dad got protective and showed off a bit when some clown got too close. I barked at the clown to back off but also took advantage of the moment and grabbed a few shots while Dad was out of the water. Mom got nervous and hissed at him to come back and then she took the babies and left.

Probably posting too many of these but they were so stinking cute and thought I’d see if the new format on the forum could hold more than 10 photos per post which I believe was the old software’ s limit.

Meet the Swans by SharonCat..., on Flickr

SquarePeg · May 30, 2021

Note for my fellow Fuji shooters that these were taken before I got the new 70-300. These were taken with the XC 50-230 OIS II. If I had downloaded and looked at these sooner I might not have ordered the 70-300! I did sharpen most of these in AI.

Dean_Gretsch · May 30, 2021

Beautiful little fluff balls. You almost recreated @gnagel’s potm winning photo with #8.

SquarePeg · May 30, 2021

Dean_Gretsch said:
Beautiful little fluff balls. You almost recreated @gnagel’s potm winning photo with #8.

I’ll have to check that out. Which month?

jeffashman · May 30, 2021

Beautiful set! #7 is my favorite.

Dean_Gretsch · May 30, 2021

May 2020 Photo of the Month Winner

Congratulations to @gnagel for Photo #10 in Cygnets (Baby Swans)!, the May 2020 Photo of the Month.

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jcdeboever · May 30, 2021

SquarePeg said:
Note for my fellow Fuji shooters that these were taken before I got the new 70-300. These were taken with the XC 50-230 OIS II. If I had downloaded and looked at these sooner I might not have ordered the 70-300! I did sharpen most of these in AI.

Nothing wrong with those renders. Very nice image fidelity.

SquarePeg · May 30, 2021

jeffashman said:
Beautiful set! #7 is my favorite.

Thanks. That’s my favorite as well. She was teaching him to fish and he kept turning to see what was going on with true others so she gave him the stink eye. He did eventually stick his head in and give it a try but I didn’t get that shot.