The trumpeter swans seem to come by every winter, but you never know where on the river they will be on any given day. On Tuesday we came across 19 of them swimming off in the distance, but of course, there were all but lost in her phone photo.
On Wednesday, yesterday, I brought my camera and longest lens, but as we approached our lookout point, all was quiet, unlike the day before, so I did not have high hopes.
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| Along the trail, walking toward the lookout spot |
There were only 5 swans way off in the distance: 4 together and one just off by itself a bit.
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| A long way off where the red arrow is pointing. Oops.Sue says that the swans were even farther away, left and back more. So now, I am even more impressed with myself. :) |
Even if I could get a long shot, they were sleepy and inactive. But the one off my itself, did rouse its head a few times, so I fired off some shots, hoping for the best. Using good software, I was able to crop in and edit the photo well. This is the shot.
It's just a long photo of a swan but knowing what it took to get and process the photo and knowing how to do it, means something to me even though it won't exactly be a National Geographic candidate. Besides, these trumpeter swans don't stay long, so it is nice to get any sort of photo while I can.
And here's the group of nearby sleepyheads being as unaccommodating as possible.
My photos were better last year here when they were by Riverside Park and I managed to get several photos, including this one.
You did well! The birds here have been absent due to the extreme cold I suspect. There is little flowing water anywhere this year.
ReplyDeleteLoved the swan you did capture with a nice tree background to heighten it out with different textures. Sorry, I use that term so often. But he was nice to at least have his head up for you.
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