1011_1167 Trumpeter Swan
I miss photographing birds in urban parks, where they are habituated to people. The experience might not be as "pure" - and in that sense rewarding - as shooting truly wild birds and mammals, but being able to get close, like this, sure does reveal the details.
I learned my lesson yesterday, when I reposted a shot by simply changing the upload date. It is now near the front of my photostream, but hardly anyone saw it because it doesn't appear in the activity feed. This, too, is a repost, but a fresh upload. The original was cropped square and I was never happy with that. The vertical crop helped emphasize the natural lines of the swan's neck and head. Upscaling in ON1 Resize replaced the lost pixels.
Photographed at Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2010 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1011_1167 Trumpeter Swan
I miss photographing birds in urban parks, where they are habituated to people. The experience might not be as "pure" - and in that sense rewarding - as shooting truly wild birds and mammals, but being able to get close, like this, sure does reveal the details.
I learned my lesson yesterday, when I reposted a shot by simply changing the upload date. It is now near the front of my photostream, but hardly anyone saw it because it doesn't appear in the activity feed. This, too, is a repost, but a fresh upload. The original was cropped square and I was never happy with that. The vertical crop helped emphasize the natural lines of the swan's neck and head. Upscaling in ON1 Resize replaced the lost pixels.
Photographed at Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2010 James R. Page - all rights reserved.