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Copyright: Carole Francois (grimmel) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 71 W: 0 N: 91] (415)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-31
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-07-31 11:12
Viewed: 517
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
a young mute swan growing up in our wildlife care center.

Young birds, called "cygnets", are not the bright white of mature adults, and their bill is black, not orange, for the first year. The color of the down may range from pure white to grey to a buff color. The grey/buff coloration is more widespread in cygnets around the world. The white colored cygnets have a leucistic gene, seen most often in the north central states in America and in Poland. All mute swans are white at maturity.

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Lovely shot Carole the details are perfect good angle might have cropped a little from right to get closer but thats just a preference well done tfs rgds Necip.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1895 W: 4 N: 5148] (19630)
  • [2007-07-31 14:10]

Hi Carole. What a nice look on its face almost sad. good light in the eye. with fine detail in the feathers.you have some noise in the background you could get this out with a free download it is called Neatimage. well done TFs.
nick..

Good shot of the young cygnet Carole. Dof keeps the head sharp and fades to a nice downy feel on the body. Head a bit central and I think would look better with a crop losing some to the right. Best, Brat.

Amazing exposure and outstanding detail in your photo. The angle is excellent and you got a nice glint of light in eye. I think you captured well the softness of the feathers. The noise shows in the darker background but I think it can be filtered out of your excellent photo. (I will try in workshop).
Best regards,
Ken

hi carole,

cutie little swan.where is he on?water?

hues du et op photoshop verschafft?weilt gaer d originalt gesin falls jo.

i like the small shadow you got on his neck.and you got a great light point in his eye.

caroline

Hi Carole ,
what a lovely.nice sharpness and good light.
details is great too.
well done
Regards
Saeed

Buen retrato y enfoque del pequeño cisne. Buen encuadre y acertado que se vea parte del cuerpo del ave. Fondo correcto. Saludos Carole.

Hello Carole,
I am very pleasure with your kind critique. Many thanks. Mehmet

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2304 W: 59 N: 3674] (11774)
  • [2007-08-08 1:12]

Hi Carole,
Very nice, sharp, well focused portrait of this cute youngster. I liked the pose and the composition. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

Hello Carole,
A nice composition. Very nice close up and portrait.
There is some noise in the background though. Maybe it was a big crop or a high ISO rate. Could be edited through for example blurring or maybe even better using what they call a one trick poney such as Neatimage. Haven't used the latter myself though(only tried the lite version or something like that...)
TFS
Annick

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-08-13 20:37]

Hello Carole

A very lovely shot of this baby mute swan.The lighting is very good,with nice catch light in the eye.The POV is excellent,and the shallow DOF puts the focus on the cygnet's face.The shot has an almost painting like quality to it.TFS


Rob

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