Splash Landing.

[JohnP]

Taken at The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.

[JohnP]

I mean't to ask... would you clone out that strange patch on the right wing?

[Phil]

would you clone out that strange patch on the right wing?

 

Depends just how 'perfect' you want the shot to be. If it's as shot then I would be inclined to leave it.

 

It's the wave and feather detail that make this shot for

[NannyFerret]

Just replied to the other thread.
Nice shot, John. You just caught it at the right time.
I wonder if the dark patch is a shadow as I have had some like that before.

[Black Pearl]

Good timing and a great use of a fast shutter speed.

[JohnP]

Thanks for the feedback Phil & Tina.

 

I don't know about you but as far as I'm concerned getting very nice shots of swans is very difficult, even when they are just swimming slowly I have had numerous disappointing shots due to blown whites etc. When they are flying or even landing such as this one I still struggle to come up with the absolutely cracking shot that I am aiming for everytime I photograph swans... one day maybe I'll get the shot I'm looking for.

[JohnP]

I couldn't resist having a go at cloning out that strange patch on the wing. Do you think this looks better?

 

[NannyFerret]

You made a good job of that, John
Sometimes one little thing bugs you in a shot, doesn't it?

[annie]

tis perfect either way