Simple Elegance

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• Silvio2006 (41368)
• [2007-10-12 9:34]

Your are right Silke, simple elegance in your wonderful portrait of a beautiful swan, splendid with great details, excellent composition with lovely drops, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• lawbert (0)
• [2007-10-12 9:37]

Hello Silke
A fine simple clean composition with very nice sharp detail.
tfs and kind regards
Paul

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• EOSF1 (23469)
• [2007-10-12 10:50]

Hello Silke, I really love the curves in your composition. A wonderful bird, very good light and very good focus. Well done, thanks !

Mario

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• nglen (32146)
• [2007-10-12 11:28]

Hi Silke. A very nice shot of the mute swan. Swans can get use to man very well. but can change very quickly if they are angered in any way, You have used the light so well in this one . good timing with the water drops. well done TFs.
Nick..
Have a good weekend.

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• Patleboss (5948)
• [2007-10-12 13:32]

Hello Silke, lovely shot, perfect exposition, very good focus with many details on plumage and lovely droplet
splendid composition very well framed,
cheer,
friendly,
Pat

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• gracious (13068)
• [2007-10-12 13:39]

Hello Silke,
Wonderful moment and timing on the waterdrop!
good exposure and focus too on the plummage especially!
well composed and well seen
have a wonderful weekend, Silke!
cheers
Tony

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• eqshannon (27919)
• [2007-10-12 13:56]

Very nice backlighting Silke. They are a gracious and magnificent bird. You give it music as if scoring for a movie with your lens. Very nice tune!
Bob

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• thor68 (5642)
• [2007-10-12 16:08]

what a pretty swan, silke! :-) very nice portrait, the great mix of shadow and light underlines the elegance very well.
good tight pov and nice details like the drop of water falling underneath the beak.
well done & take care, thor.

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• jaycee (21912)
• [2007-10-12 16:40]

Hi Silke,

You caught the grace and elegance in this lovely swan. The water drop is a bonus. The water has a beautiful velvety texture.

Jane

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• captainsgirl (4082)
• [2007-10-12 19:11]

Hi Silke,
Ahhhh she likes you..:o) Beautiful, reminds me of the swans that Sky was photographing earlier this year! This is a great close up...great detials of the feathers and water droplets! TFS
Donna:o)

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• pankajbajpai (16507)
• [2007-10-12 19:56]

hello silke,
lovely shot with equally nice title, liked the pose and the falling water droplet, well composed shot,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• bobair (5142)
• [2007-10-12 20:44]

Hi Silke,
I must say that you are right about this swan being more than a match for my Canada Geese and for myself as well.I used to see these when I lived in Ontario but now I only see Tundra and Trumpeter Swans and only in the spring.The mute swan doesn't live anywhere in Alberta.I like the subtle detail and colour in your shot,that water drop really touches off the photo.The fact you can get so near to this bird works well for getting the detail down well-only 10-12 feet is very good for this bird.I have never been nearly more than maybe 40 feet from them myself.Thanks for giving us this view. Bob

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• pierrefonds (4881)
• [2007-10-13 4:46]

Hi Silke,

A nice close-up image of the swann, the photo has a good composition, sharpness and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

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• jmirah (4665)
• [2007-10-13 6:36]

Hi Silke,
Beautifully composed shot of the swan. Excellent POV and detail of the white bird. Very well captured.

TFS
Jim

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• angybone (7672)
• [2007-10-13 7:04]

Oh Silke, this is beautiful!!!!!
Graceful curve of the neck, perfect capture of difficult colors, and the drops or water...elegant, graceful, beautiful!

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• mvdisco (1851)
• [2007-10-13 8:12]

Bonjour Selke,
Quel grace ce cygne dans cette composition!! jolies couleurs et prise de vue, belle nettetée et détails dans cette magnifique photo..Excellent cliché..
bon weekend.
Michel

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• Adanac (17609)
• [2007-10-13 8:56]

Hello Silke,
They know a great photographer when they see one and want thier photo taken. Beautiful plummage details and composition, thanks for sharing Silke.
Rick

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• cecilia (4630)
• [2007-10-13 18:17]

Such a graceful swan, and you've captured it so well...nice composition too.
Nice one Silke...
Cecilia

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-10-13 19:28]

Hello Silke

A beautiful "S" for Silke and swan.The pose is excellent,and the focus and details are sharp.Very good composition.The colours are well saturated.TFS

Rob

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• scottevers7 (12267)
• [2007-10-14 7:20]

Hi Silke,
i like you choice of composition and tight cropping here. Nice emphasis on the beauty of the S curve in the neck. Nice soft back lighting and a spot on exposure. The colors and detail in the whilt plumage are excellent. Well done!
Scott

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• Royaldevon (4225)
• [2007-10-14 7:57]

Hello Silke,

Who wouldn't want to have their photograph taken if they looked as elegant as! She is certainly posing in a demure fashion!

I like the way you have ignored her trappings and have concentrated on the beautiful arch of her neck, the soft light on her feathers and the tight composition of the whole. The water detail is a good bonus!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Many thanks for your comments on Insect with a Trunk.

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• oscarromulus (5690)
• [2007-10-14 8:49]

Loved your notes Silke.
Excellent CLARITY.
OUTSTANDING focusing job.
Truely ELEGANT too.
M. with warm greetings from Calgary.

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• pablominto (16082)
• [2007-10-15 0:27]

Hello Silke,
Seems like you disturbed this fellow in the middle of a meal!
He still finds time to give this fine pose, so very swanlike...
Good light to outline the elegant neck, well exposed plumage!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

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• PaulH (13083)
• [2007-10-15 4:45]

Hi Silke,
perfect framing for your subject here, very well done! Nice details in the water in his feathers and a great job on the exposure of that white plummage! Lovely stuff.
Paul

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• PDP (11769)
• [2007-10-15 14:22]

Hello Silke, nice composition here with the lovely flowing S-shaped neck. Good details too and the backlighting is good. Personally I would have liekd to use a little fill flash here just to get some light on the shadows. Well done.

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• jeanpaul (14117)
• [2007-10-15 16:36]

Hi Silke
C'est une excellent Prise de vue de ce beau cygne blanc! La composition très jolie avec de belles couleurs, ainsi que les détails. Merci pour le partage .
Au revoir et Bravo ....JP

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• Argus (34987)
• [2007-10-15 23:43]

Hello Silke,
Simly beautiful: fine curvature of this swan's neck set in an elegant composition in superb lighting.
No sign of aggression here!
TFS and have a good week,
Ivan

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• marieproue (3672)
• [2007-10-17 8:10]

En effet, la simple élegance, une grande résusite.
Bravo
Marie