What colours do you see?

This guy amused me, I pulled over to capture this guy & some other birdies in a dam which was about 200 metres from the road. He spotted me & made a bee line for the fence where I was standing. Then just stood there, checking me out. He seemed very tame, looked like he was after a treat. He gave me a couple of minutes of his time and headed back to the dam. You don't usually see a lot of these black swans in the country side but the river isn't that far away from us.

Thank you for dropping by

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent shot, Wendy. He is so cute.

[Henri Russell]

Great capture. I saw black swans when we visited in Tasmania, but I never got this close. Upon until then I didn't even know there was a black swan.

[Simply Amanda]

Nice colors and details, lady!!

[Jacqui Paterson]

Awesome shot. What a cool experience for you being checked out by such a magnificent bird.

[Mike Gifford]

Excellent! Great red color and details.

[Nita]

A fav for me, Wendy. Love that red, and his eyes are so wonderfully captured. And I love how up close he is to you. It sounds like he really wanted to be friends - if only you had some treats.

[Meghan Laverty]

Oh my! love! fav!!!

[Ann Stenson]

I just love this Wendy, What a character! Fav :)

[Gena Pegg]

WoW!! Fav here too! Never seen anything like that...what a wonderful capture!

[cheryl]

FAV amazing shot.

[Babs]

Brilliant shot. So close. I've never had a black swan sit so still while I took a photo of him this close. Well done.

[Mara]

Great capture, indeed. Beautiful bird, stunning colours!

[10 Kids, One Camera]

Love this!! I worked on an almost identically posed pic of a Canadian goose today. Nothing near as brilliant as this!

[Janet Shaffer]

Perfect capture.

[Vee]

Wow! How cool!

[Paula Stuart]

OMG I took an almost identical photo yesterday. Will upload in extras album to show you. LOL. Love it!

[Deb Sulzberger]

Love this

[John]

We fab capture

[Suze]

Wow this is an amazing capture - love the eyes and how you've picked up the water droplets

[SAMANTHA]

Fantastic photo! Cute story too :)

[Katie]

Wow, what a stunner! Incredible colors and love the up close composition.

[Quin]

Hello there :) Love the colors in this photo.
I am your partner for the "get pushed challenge" this week. I noticed that you like to shoot a lot of serene/nature photos which are lovely. This week I challenge you to show off the "wild side" of your personality. Have fun!

[Yvonne]

Love the colors in his beak. Beautiful.

[Kathryn]

Very striking photo. The close-up works really well.

[Sue Wilde]

Fabulous...the ones around here just fly away as soon as you get within a mile of them. This fellow is a beauty. Faved

[Michael Elliott]

Thats wild!

[Betsie's Pinto Pony]

From the thumbnail I see a red dress. This shot is wonderful!

[Jo]

Best black swan shot I've ever seen. Fav.

[glenn_lagman]

Great shot and amazing find..

[Nada A.]

Love how he's looking right at you.