The sun is back! The weather has been fairly miserable over the past week or so considering it's the middle of the year, so it was nice for the summer to make a comeback. I decided to go to Rushcliffe Country Park again for my lunch, and I thought I'd take a few snaps of the swans that live on (or in?) the lake.
The park is quite pretty in the summer and a pleasant place to visit. I chose this picture because the two swans are with their baby swans in a nice formation. The babies kept following the two main swans, which I assume are the parents. I have edited the water to make it a pale blue, as it was actually more of a murky brownish colour.
I like this project because I usually find out something new. As well as improving my photography and post-processing skills, I am posting a daily photo with some associated text (that you're reading right now!) so I often search on the Internet about the subjects I have photographed. For example, I looked up 'swans' in Google and I was reminded about what the male and female swans are called (cobs and pens respectively). Also, I found out that baby swans are called cygnets. I knew that they mated for life, so I assume the picture above is of an actual swan family. How sweet!
Semi-professional photographer based in Nottingham, England, I shoot mainly events and weddings. I'll be posting my work using my Fujis - X100S and X-Pro1.
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Thanks for your comments about my photo of the shell. I've edited it like people suggested - could you have another look please and see what you think now?
i knew about the cygnets but not the pens and cobs, so thanks for the information =)
great find and capture. good call on turning the murky water blue. and you're right about this site being a superduper effective tool for learning...especially with post-processing. i've seen a lot of people here with signature style...uniform post-processing techniques and i feel somewhat lost because i'm usually all over the place, taking photos of whatever i find lovely. a lot of those amazing people have shared how they do their pps so it's like taking online lessons in this site everyday.
Thanks for your comments about my photo of the shell. I've edited it like people suggested - could you have another look please and see what you think now?
great find and capture. good call on turning the murky water blue. and you're right about this site being a superduper effective tool for learning...especially with post-processing. i've seen a lot of people here with signature style...uniform post-processing techniques and i feel somewhat lost because i'm usually all over the place, taking photos of whatever i find lovely. a lot of those amazing people have shared how they do their pps so it's like taking online lessons in this site everyday.