G'day Markus, I live in Australia. All the swans here are black. We do things a little different down under <g>
This is not one of my pictures, but it gives you an idea of what our swans look like: http://www.pbase.com/mdejong/image/29327593 (BTW, I highly recommend the gallery this image is taken from. It really shows off Perth & Western Australia rather nicley) Of these new shots I like "Swan portrait", the rest don't really do anything for me. Looking at you photos has inspired me to go & get some swan shots of my own. (when the weather clears) Dave S On 5/14/05, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave > so you tell me that you really know this part of the state of Zurich? > It's about 3 kilometers away from the place where I live. > Amazing how small the world is if you participate on PDML! > > I saw about a dozen swans this morning and tried to catch two of them flying > over the church but sadly had no success > with the manual zoom and slow film. That shot would have made my day! > > I got four other shots from the same morning. If you like to have a look at: > > A pair of swans (65KB) > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3361620 > > Look at yourself (71KB) > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3361643 > > Sitting on the swan tree (125KB) > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3361637 > > The tree is my protecting friend (on a rainy day) (104KB) > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3361650 > > enjoy and comments are welcome. > greetings > Markus > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: David Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 8:52 AM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: PESO:Swan portrait > >> > >> > >>Nice one Markus. > >> > >>The curve of the neck really makes this image I think. The only thing > >>I would suggest is cropping some of the empty space on the left. > >> > >>FYI, white swans are a novelty in these parts, I've only ever seen > >>them in the zoo. All the wild swans are black with bright red beaks > >> > >>Dave S > >> > >>On 5/14/05, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Very early (for me) in the morning I met some swans caring for their > >>> plumage. I could shoot from a distance of 1.5 - 2 meters with the Pentax > >>> SFXn and the Tamron 90mm macro + polarizer and the AF280T flash > >>on Superia > >>> ISO 100 negative film. Negative scanned with the Canon 9900F, > >>uncropped but > >>> slightly sharpened and adjusted for the web. > >>> > >>> The link : http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3360420 (88KB) > >>> > >>> Comments are welcome. Enjoy.... > >>> greetings > >>> Markus > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >
