Swan in flight

coastalconn · Mar 21, 2013

March has been very grim around here, it has been cloudy almost every day I can remember, and still no Ospreys. As I was out scouting a spot this Swan flew really close. I actually zoomed down to 350mm to get the bird in the frame and it got so close I went for the headshot in flight. I know the purists won't like the third, but I wanted a different view...

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Swan in flight - wings down by krisinct, on Flickr

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Swan in flight - wings up by krisinct, on Flickr

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Swan in flight - Portrait by krisinct, on Flickr

JacaRanda · Mar 22, 2013

I really like #3. It is really cool to see it's eye.

Aloicious · Mar 22, 2013

very cool! they're all good, but I like #3 too...march has been a drag around here too, but I'm hoping to get some good shots in April during the spring migration...

WesternGuy · Mar 22, 2013

CC, great shots. The swans haven't appeared in my part of the world yet - maybe in a few more weeks. As far as the third one is concerned, I am wondering how it would look if you simply gave it a close crop and showed just the head an a bit of the neck - just curious. For example, crop out the right side at about the middle of the image and then crop up from the bottom about one-third of the way up the image.

WesternGuy