Swans (Birds, not Speakers)

[Mike4AU]

The arrival of snow today in Bham (for the first time in many years) and the purchase last week of my first "professional" lens got me in the mood to try to track down some swans that hang out in a local pond.

I got lucky. While I would rather have shots of the swans when the fall colors reflect off the water, these turned out OK. I hope you like.

#1:




#2:




#3:

[craigsub]

Once again, you take some awesome pictures. :killer:

[engtaz]

very nice shots.

[EddieHorton]

Nice pictures. Lots of us B'ham folks here. We could, like, start a gang, or something. :rock:

[rumonkey2]

Nice pictures. Lots of us B'ham folks here. We could, like, start a gang, or something. :rock:

Just beating others to the punch:
"And I bet we still wouldn't have a mouthful of teeth..."
There, stole Django's thunder....:neener:


Sorry Mike - more great pics!

[EddieHorton]

Just beating others to the punch:
"And I bet we still wouldn't have a mouthful of teeth..."
There, stole Django's thunder....:neener:


Sorry Mike - more great pics!

Ha!! There's probably a mobile home joke or two in our future, as well.

[grubyhalo]

Nice pics! What lens did you buy?

[Mike4AU]

Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 VR. Incredible lens. Now I just have to figure out how to use it.

Thanks for the kind words.

[Mike4AU]

#4:

[EddieHorton]

That's really nice, Mike. It captures this time of year perfectly.

[droht]

Great shots Mike. I really like the look the water has in #3. Something special on your end to achieve that?

[django1]

Just beating others to the punch:
"And I bet we still wouldn't have a mouthful of teeth..."
There, stole Django's thunder....:neener:


Sorry Mike - more great pics!

Now would I have said something like that?:halo:

[Mike4AU]

Great shots Mike. I really like the look the water has in #3. Something special on your end to achieve that?

Thanks. Fair amount of PP in CS4, including NIK filters.

[bp2007]

The arrival of snow today in Bham (for the first time in many years) and the purchase last week of my first "professional" lens got me in the mood to try to track down some swans that hang out in a local pond.

I got lucky. While I would rather have shots of the swans when the fall colors reflect off the water, these turned out OK. I hope you like.

#1:

Excellent pictures Mike. I like the #1 most. Very nice composition and great details. :)

70-200mm f/2.8 is on my wish list, but it is not going to happen anytime soon.

So next is perhaps a TC. :)

[Mike4AU]

Excellent pictures Mike. I like the #1 most. Very nice composition and great details. :)

70-200mm f/2.8 is on my wish list, but it is not going to happen anytime soon.

So next is perhaps a TC. :)

I just picked up a 1.4 TC from a forum member on the Nikonians. I struggled with whether to get a 1.7 TC, but finally decided that I wanted the sharpness that one gets with the 1.4.

Thanks for the kind words. My fav is a tie between 1 and 4. I used a different technique on each of those shots.