That's a good shot, Dave--very clear, nicely composed, and interesting. You would think the swan would take off his ID before committing assault and battery, though...
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 2/8/09, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> > Subject: Peso Trumpeter swans don't play well with others. > To: "Pentax Discuss" <[email protected]>, "Barbara Brooks" <[email protected]>, > "Harry Bolton" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 2:46 PM > Popped into the farm today, to see how the schooling show > was going. > Grabbed my D200 and went out to the pond to see what the > water fowl > were up to. > > They had just been feed some pellets, and this female > mallard got into > the swans face one to many times. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8583475 > > He let it go after 8-10 seconds, but he put a pretty good > beating on it. > > I have seen them NOT let go a few times, this duck is > lucky. > > D200, 80-200 F2,8 LR adjust of the raw file. > > Dave > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

