Big White Bird
Male Mute Swan. The UK's largest and heaviest flying bird - unless you consider the reintroduced Great Bustard, which I don't.
There are not many places that you can be at eye level with a flying swan. I was stood on the high bank as he flew along the river.
|t can be very challenging to get a 'different' shot of a Mute Swan, floating on the river in the middle of the day doesn't cut it - but on a misty morning or golden evening light they can look amazing. When they are defending their territory and looking for a mate in the spring things can get very interesting!
In the 'old' DSLR days getting eye focus on such a large bird would have been quite difficult and the AF would have probably jumped onto the background as he flew past the trees.
Big White Bird
Male Mute Swan. The UK's largest and heaviest flying bird - unless you consider the reintroduced Great Bustard, which I don't.
There are not many places that you can be at eye level with a flying swan. I was stood on the high bank as he flew along the river.
|t can be very challenging to get a 'different' shot of a Mute Swan, floating on the river in the middle of the day doesn't cut it - but on a misty morning or golden evening light they can look amazing. When they are defending their territory and looking for a mate in the spring things can get very interesting!
In the 'old' DSLR days getting eye focus on such a large bird would have been quite difficult and the AF would have probably jumped onto the background as he flew past the trees.