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Swan Lake


Swan Lake
Photo Information
Copyright: Lois Johnson (lebjohnson) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 135 W: 49 N: 180] (1321)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03-15
Categories: Daily Life, Nature
Camera: Pentax *ist DS, Tamron 28-300mm XR Di f3.5-6.3
Exposure: f/6.7, 1/3000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Swans [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-04-15 22:12
Viewed: 865
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Swans at almost sunset on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens were a beautiful, graceful sight on our first day in London. They were attracted by people feeding them and danced arabesques on the water.

I added the original photo as a WS just so you can see the pushing and shoving that was going on. These swans weren't very polite.

ISO 800, focal length 53.0 mm, cropped, cloned to remove distration, framed.
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Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To perryhooter: I looked at WSlebjohnson 1 05-03 22:38
To poulinp: They were beautiful but not politelebjohnson 1 05-03 13:31
To Ejla: Swan shootinglebjohnson 4 05-02 18:12
To Sans1: They were a beautiful and quarrelsome lotlebjohnson 1 05-01 21:33
To kitflorendo: I'm BAAAAAAACKlebjohnson 1 05-01 20:51
To marietom: Merci beaucouplebjohnson 1 05-01 20:32
To sugah_bear69: Bribery will get you everywhere...lebjohnson 2 04-18 10:49
To sufi: Thank you for your kind wordslebjohnson 1 04-17 08:35
To Janice: No chaos herelebjohnson 1 04-17 08:33
To lukdm: Thank you for your kind wordslebjohnson 1 04-16 23:05
To liquidsunshine: Swan Lakelebjohnson 1 04-16 23:03
To JohnTulip: Spring in Londonlebjohnson 1 04-16 22:56
To rgagnon: Thank you for your kind wordslebjohnson 1 04-16 22:51
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interesting framing and dof
TFS
Richard

Hi Lois
Nice shot, specialy the first Swan and that water drop, well done on your spring contribution with your
birds ^__^ TFS and bye
John T

Hi Lois,
Very sharp with good detail and colours.
Thanks for posting, Happy Easter. Have a great week.

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  • lukdm Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 381 W: 3 N: 21] (1350)
  • [2006-04-16 4:28]
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very nice composition en pp-work Lois
happy Eastern

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  • Ejla Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 333 W: 13 N: 137] (2488)
  • [2006-04-16 15:40]
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People often shoot swans!
I must say I've never seen such a crop!
Really great, and interesting!

Oh Lois, this is beautiful. The swans are so well positioned, you couldn't have placed them any better! Excellent composition, sharp details, and the colours are great. And the dribble from the lower swan is just great!
Well done, thank you,
Janice

What a great capture! It is like they are posing for you and you even caught one drinking water!! Fantastic images, colorful, great composition and clarity! TFS
Fran

nice vertical crop well composed
Christine.

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  • sufi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 720 W: 7 N: 106] (1336)
  • [2006-04-18 16:18]
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Hi Lois...
Wonderful composition, colors and contrast, my friend... The dripping water drops with the swans beak are perfect... Also perfect shot and frame...
TFS...
Stay well..
PS: Thank you very much for your comment on Human’s Power-Desire to Fly

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  • LuciG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1286 W: 153 N: 729] (8681)
  • [2006-04-18 17:48]

HI LOIS!
This is a beautiful posting!
The gesture of the swans is fantastic and I do appreciate the colors so much!
Furthermore, I really enjoy the original cropping and POV!
Congratulations.
Luci


P.S Can't wait to see your 100th post :)

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  • Sans1 Gold Star Critiquer [C: 463 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-04-19 21:59]
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Hi Lois, what an elegant capture of these beautiful swans- the color and sharpness are superb as is the crop and framing- excellent job all around!

Best wishes,
Steve

A daring crop - which works very well. A group of four but they are all different and complement each other well.
The dribbling character in the f/g is a bonus!
Soft to me once more but what the heck.
Look forward to your return after an appropriate time.

belle composition.
A+
Marie

Beautiful! The position of the heads is perfect. Excellent and original framing format. Good job!

Hello Lois!

I wlove the tight framing and composition here Lois! Very well done. Looking at your WS and original shot. I tried a little Ws myself. I hope you will like it.

Cheers!
Robert

Excellent composition, Lois. The swan with dripping water seems to be the only one that is real. The rest look frozen in time, almost like on the painting.

Well done despite harsh light conditions.
Katya

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