Swan

Thanks to everyone for the great response to this picture. I am very grateful for your faves and congratulations. Thank you.

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[Simply Amanda]

Such a stunning shot. Love the way the feathers are open and the awesome lighting. A fav!

[Kerri]

Gorgeous lighting. Fav

[Johanna]

I'm with the others - this is just beautifully golden and majestic!

[Vanilla Spice]

That's beautiful!
Love the reflection and golden light!

[Joseph Donnelly]

Fantastic detail on the feathers and beautiful light.
Excellent.

[Gerry]

what a glorious photo Fav

[Therese]

Really beautiful!!!

[Sassik]

Fabulous golden look and fantastic light and detail on the feathers!

[Al Bailey]

Beautiful :)

[Yvonne]

Gorgeous light and such a wonderful shot. Fav for sure. Great post in your blog. Thanks.

[Sally]

Wow!

[Simon]

Fantastic shot fav for me

[Morné Grewe]

superb!

[Sue Hawkins]

loving the golden light in this

[emily tull]

beautiful

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Amazing catch of the swan and then there's all that glorious golden shimmer!!

[Sally Ings]

Love the lighting!

[Arthur Loosley]

Beautiful tones.

[Janet]

Perfection! A Fav!

[Maggiemae]

Exquisite shot - colour and the light through those wings! Fav

[Denis]

Excellent photography....thanks so much for the tips too, I will experiment with WB. Fav..

[Helen Westerbeke]

wowza, gorgeous!

[bernadette mcelligott]

the light and details on her wings is amazing, a total fave for me.

[Steve Maidwell]

Well done for last night Damon, great shot!

[Henri Russell]

Simply awesome.

[Chris]

Super capture.

[Lynn]

Beautiful shot! and the lighting...oh the lighting!

[Danny G.]

Gorgeous capture, lovely tones and light

[Martin]

Wonderful shot , always struggle with Swannever seem to be able to stop there white feathers high lighting abd blowing out.

[Anoeska van Rijsbergen]

Very beautiful!

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Very pretty shot.

[Hubregt Visser]

That's beautiful. Great pov and I love the golden reflections in the water and the lines of light accentuating the swan. Fav.

[Gillian]

Gorgeous lighting on the swan. Total fav!

[Gillian]

Thanks, Damon, for the sunset / WB tip. I have been so disappointed with my recent sunset shots. So this is perfect timing

[Pyrrhula]

An awesome beautiful capture

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Perfect swan, perfect light, perfect composition.Fave

[Jane Pittenger]

Lovely light and colors

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very beautiful capture. I love the tones. Fav!

[Vesna]

Fav!

[Cindy Rez]

stunning ...Fav!!!

[Netkonnexion]

@kwiksilver - Glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback.

[Cindy McFarland]

Oh this is just magnificent! I love it. Fav!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Very much an image to my mind. And a stunner at that. Fav'd.

[Chris]

Gorgeous shot! the golden tones, composition and FAV!

[Colleen]

Wow that is a beauty!

[Rashella]

stunning glow! fav

[Jill]

very graceful!!

[Netkonnexion]

@dulciknit - LOL - touche... Thanks for the complement.

[Aleksandra]

Stunning light and subject! Fav!

[Vicki Dixon]

FAV...awesome shot! love the drips coming from the beak

[Nancy Holte]

Fabulous lighting! Love this shot!

[elaine]

So peaceful. Great details

[bkb in the city]

What a wonderful shot. I really love the lighting in this

[Rach_who]

I love the golden water

[Caryn]

Wow! Gorgeous, warm light. Fav.

[tony gig]

Outstanding, and beautiful lighting...Fav

[GPix]

Fabulous!!!

[Nicola]

Beautiful, love the light.

[alia_801]

Fab shot! Like something from a fairytale...

[Jan Hall]

wonderful golden light.

[Ellen Young]

this is just Glorious! FAV!

[Denise]

Just fantastic dancing lights with this beauty. It is like something out of a fairy tale. Beautiful.

[Rachel Mackenzie]

FAV! Adore the golden light, stunning details and amazing composition. Beautifully done.

[Dione Giorgio]

I have to FAV this. Simply AWESOME in capitals.

[Carole Imes]

Instant fav. Beautiful incomparable tones and detail.

[Megan Richardson]

fave for me, golden hour? This is just gorgeous!

[Tessa]

Such beautiful tones on this shot. Lovely.

[Lynda Parker]

How pretty and serene this photo is! The swan looks like something from a fairy tale! A fave indeed!

[Robin]

Stunning shot.

[Sterling Rush]

Splendid water and the swan is nice too!

[Kd Wallis]

stunning capture. such gorgeous lighting and processing. I love the lifted wings! well done!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This is such a beautiful shot- it's like the swan is swimming on a golden lake. A fav for me too.

[Mike Warren]

Great shot of the Queen's swan.

[Ian Fisher]

Stunning shot of the swan, and a beautiful golden background.

[Humphrey Hippo]

Beautiful. Love the gold water.

[Myrna O'Hara]

Wow, on golden pond sort of shot but far better. fAV

[Laura J.]

Beautiful. The gold hues, stunning.

[Brian Baptie]

Wow!! Fav.

[Julia]

wow what a stunning shot!

[ladyjane]

Absolutely wonderful light and detail. Fav.

[Ann Stenson]

Absoloutely stunning golden capture! FAV : )

[scooter]

Fabulous!!!

[scooter]

and Fav!

[Betsie's Pinto Pony]

Elegance, beauty, mystery, pride, glory... Perfect!

[Betsie's Pinto Pony]

Oh and favorite!

[Leana Niemand]

Reading the above I don't have to tell you how wonderful this is!! A fav!

[Allison Williams]

The golden hour. The swan, with the water dripping from its bill, has such immediacy. A lovely picture and definitely a fav.

[Sweet Calliope]

Wow! Fav.

[Stephanie Nguyen]

Gorgeous capture of light and reflection. Love the detail in her feathers. Faved.

[bardejov]

Magical light and pose of the swan. Fav.

[Edie]

Stunning shot. The light is so beautiful and that water capture is incredible.

[Sandra]

that is very pretty.. thanks for the comment on my picture... wonderful job you have done on this one,...

[Carren]

Fav for me too! This is worthy of the great Tchaikovsky!

[Caroline]

Beautiful shot.

[Lisa]

Wow, I feel any compliment I can make here is inadequate. FAVE!!

[RAJ]

EYECATCHY....XLENT

[Sue Wilde]

Damon...this is awesome...just awesome

[Dixie Goode]

I wish they had a choice for beyond fav. Like the fav of the Favs

[Paul Myers]

Just wonderful lighting on this.

[Decima F]

Thanks for the lighting hints, good to have those reminders. Beautiful shot, but that swan is a very funny colour, seems to have been fiddling with the bleach.

[jerry plume]

Wow! This is amazing! Let me ad to your pile of fav's!

[Lani 🌺]

Stunning!!! Perfect pose & lighting!

[Glendq]

what is fail about this?
i will have to go back and read it again.
this is a wonderful story in photo.
fav

[Aaron Wilder]

This is okay. jk Actually, it's one of the most beautiful photos I've seen on 365!

[Netkonnexion]

@glendq - no fail, that refers to my post on Photokonnexion for that day.

[Mek]

Nice golden touch.

[John]

Wonderful shot

[🍁April 🍁]

Simply beautiful...love the colours. Fav!

[Jennifer C]

woweeeeeeeeeeee

[Denise Breimeir]

Wow! I love the colors and feathers!

[Mick]

Love the golden light and the translucent feathers, fav!

[Shirley]

this is beautiful, Net

[Jen Hudson]

What a beautiful capture. The light thro the wings is perfect. Love the ripples. He looks like he is looking down at himself, lovely little droplets falling from his beak. Fav.

[Corinne]

A fav for me too ! The golden color of the water is incredible !

[Patty J]

Yes yes yes -- what they all said! fav :)

[Tanja Carda]

WOW this is fantastic, beautiful tones, lighting, composition and ripples in the water =)

[Not So Random Pics]

Absolutely stunning!

[michelle mcintyre]

A beautiful perfect capture!!

[summerfield]

WOW!!! i missed a great shot, damon? this is beautiful! i love it. i'll round up the fav to an even 70. :-)

[Aurora Linda]

Stunning light!

[Katie]

Awesome light, particularly through the rising feathers.

[Bev]

Absolutely beautiful. The swan, the color of the water reflecting the light of the day. Stunning shot.

[Pam Hawkes]

Wonderful lighting!

[Darlene]

What a gorgeous shot. I love the detail and lighting. FAV

[Sue]

Beautiful!!

[Ann Jones]

Beautiful composition with the golden sheen on the water!

[Pam]

One of the best swan pictures I have seen on 365! Beautiful capture!!

[carol white]

Stunning!! Love the golden background,and the swan is so beautiful!! Fav!!

[Stacey]

OMG....purely stunning. Going to have to jump on the fav bandwangon here!

[Diane Hart]

gorgeous shot!

[Stephanie Ward]

lovely lovely shot. not much more I can say.. FAV

[Ellen Young]

Let me be the first to say Congratulatiions on #1!! On the top 10!!!! :)

[Kathy Burzynski]

Number one on top 20 - and this is so gorgeous!! congratuions

[Danny G.]

Congrats on numero uno!

[Anna]

oh my, absolutely gorgeous!!!)))

[Simply Amanda]

So pleased that you got #1 with this stunning shot! Congrats, Damon!!

[Aaron]

Fantastic, congrats on #1!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Super duper!!!!! fabulous #1 !!

[Brian Baptie]

Congrats on No.1. Well done.

[Andy]

Recently tried to capture swans on the water-but did not even come close to your suceess! I've got some learning still to do! Nice job!

[Rachael]

Wow. Amazing! Follow and fav'ed x

[Robert and Shadow]

WOW, pretty much covers it :}

[Sam]

Beautiful shot :))

[katy]

Congratulations!!!

[Robyn]

#1 spot, congratulations!!!

[Therese]

WoW!!! Congrats on making it to no. 1 on the top 20!!! YAY!!!!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Wow! Wow! Oh wow! The lighting on this! Sublime! So pretty! Fav from me!

[Wendy Bowden]

An elegant capture, fav

[trude]

WOW! Just saw this in top spot of top 20.....and so deserved!! What a stunning photo, the light is incredible and the detail in his feathers, big fave and congratulations:)

[Leslie Manna]

Breathtaking Damon! Wonderfully enchanting. Saw it on the TOP of the Top 20 - Congratulations! Boy, you sure nailed it. All my best, Les

[Cathy]

#1! No doubt about it! Fav!

[Peter de Graaff]

A belated fav and big congrats

[Kitti Nelson]

Fav - much belated congratulations!

[Soup]

love.

[Ellen E]

how lovely

[Rose Emma ♥]

Omg O_O