I once was an Ugly Duckling.

I'm back to adding songs to my picture and trying to get the tune stuck in your head for the day. Who remembers Danny Kaye and his song about the ugly duckling. Sorry to say I've been singing it all afternoon.

There were to cygnet swimming on a local lake and they both came right over to me hoping that I had some bread. Sorry to say I only had my camera handy. This one has gone from it's ugly duckling stage and is more of a stroppy teenager in swan years, I love the various colours on the plumage.

I've actually gone from a beautiful swan to an ugly pensioner, my plumage has also gone in reverse and returned to that dull grey coating on top and the body structure is wrinkly all over.

[mzbull]

Another great photo. Aging plumage and wrinkles: maybe best for humans to focus on character rather than beauty :-)

[Julia]

Great shot! Can't get the song stuck in my head if I don't know the song! Ha!

[Hazel]

Very nice detail in the feathers.

[Lynn]

He is going to be such an elegant swan, cool capture.

[carol white]

Great capture,

[carol white]

Interrupted by the phone, great narrative, too.Fav!! 😃

[Julie]

Nicely taken!

[Lin]

A lovely find and capture. And, while I'm not familiar with that Danny Kaye song, I think I'll be singing White Christmas for the rest of the day!

[Helen]

Lovely close up

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

As some don't seem to know the song, here is a youtube link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq8ABdKCbdU

[Denise fuller]

Great capture

[Phil Cameron]

but are your feet webbed . beautiful bird .... swan I meant

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot.

[virtualbrownie]

This one is going through a quite beautiful transformation

[Deborah McGavock]

Well, the Ugly Duckling song is firmly in my head. Thanks a bunch. Great pic though. He already has beautiful feathers.

[Graham Thresher]

Fabulous capture of this emerging swan

[linda]

quite beautiful actually, lovely feather patterns

[Ivan]

Soon...a swan!

[Margaret Obey]

I love the way he's a mixture of adult and adolescent plumage. Great find and capture.

[essiesue]

This swans transformation is at a point I've never seen. fav

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

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Thank you all for you nice comments and FAV, the cygnet is safe from me as it won't fit in my oven (Wink),

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Fav! Lovely capture

[Kathie]

You're not wrinkly, you just need ironing. Beautiful capture of this youth.

[Mickey Anderson]

I love the colors of this majestic bird!! Its a great capture with the water ripples!!

[Susan C Clow]

lovely shot

[John]

Graceful! And the colors are quite nice!

[Denise Wood]

Stop making comparisons to the swan - compare yourself to a good bottle of red and a block of cheese - they improve with age :)

[Nicole]

heheh love your analogy with yourself and the swan ;) fabulous capture of the young swan!

[Claire]

Beautiful markings

[Margaret Pengelly]

I think this is the first time I've seen the image of a teenaged Swan...and thank you for the trip back down memory lane. Had to view you tube to recall it and now you, very achieved your goal. I have quacks and waddled ring in my head. Lol

[Janiskay]

Excellent capture!