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Swan Lake Ballet (34)
Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
These two swans did something I had never seen before and perhaps you folks will be able to enlighten me.

As you can see by the odd curl of water in front of the shoulder of the foremost swan, they were turning in deliberate circles, creating a circular wake (a mini-whirlpool). They both turned in absolute unison, clockwise as in this shot and then counterclockwise a few minutes later, still in perfect unison!

Any explanation for this unusual ballet would be appreciated

Shot on a heavily overcast day, in RAW at a relatively high speed to freeze the action, converted to jpg, cropped by 50% and resized

Thanks once again for your feedback on the photo and on the unusual (to me) behaviour.
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Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
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Edited by:juanjo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 167 W: 8 N: 27] (1142)
cropping
duotono
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Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
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Edited by:lovenature Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 903 W: 61 N: 1421] (5067)
Hi Silke
I did a workshop on your beautiful swans. All I did is a slight colour adjustment to take out a bit of the yellow. I hope you like it.
Janice ;)
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Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
Colour correction.
Edited by:jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
I have picked a "black point" near the beak and a "white point" near the tail, using Gimp (a free software for image edition)
I don't know if this is nearer to real colours or not!