Hi David this is a wonderful photo and I would like to see a black swan in it's full beauty. Here, the association with the color white is very strong, nobody would imagine a swan to be black. We know grey ones, but for us, swans are "white as snow".
Thanks for your honest comments, that's what I need to become a better photographer and be more selective:-) greetings Markus > >>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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >
