Black Beauty

First of all thank you so much for the amazing response to yesterday's 'Attitude' photo and for putting the gorgeous ostrich on the PP. Next time I go to Oakvale Farm I will have to buy a bag of animal food to give to him because he posed so beautifully for me.

Here is another photo from Oakvale and as you can see this gorgeous black swan hasn't got anywhere near as much attitude as the ostrich had. In fact this swan was quite shy.

[Connie Little]

You have captured some wonderful light and detail on the swan. Lovely shot.

[Paul]

Another lovely bird capture Babs. The red eye and texture in the feathers is fantastic! You seem to be very close to these birds, are they fairly tamed?

[Yao RL]

Amazing close up, It looks like the colour red overflowed from his beak to the eyes.

[Jenfurj]

Love the strong contrast of colors.

[Photo Bird]

Great close up

[Babs]

@paul10 Yes I was standing right next to him. There were two black swans and people were feeding them by hand. Some of the animals at Oakvale are a bit feisty and they are behind fences but most of the animals roam free.

[Margo]

FAV

[Peter]

Wonderful detail, colour and light Babs, swans are not the most friendly of birds these must be used to people feeding them:)

[Sam]

They are so elegant!

[Casablanca]

Aren't the colours striking? Boys have sun today, I believe. And you are right.... heartstring tug as a new thing shows he's becoming an adult.

[Merrelyn]

Beautiful shot, Babs :)

[Catherine P]

A superb close up shot

[Paul]

@onewing Wouldn't dare get too close with the swans near us. Vicious little buggers :)

[gloria jones]

Great close up, details

[Lynda McG]

GreT close up!

[tony gig]

Beautiful close up....fav

[Jorlam]

Wow, fabulous detail in the feathers but also in that very red eye.. love how you've cropped quite tight too..

[Margaret Brown]

Love black swans and this is a lovely colourful portrait, don't get to see many black ones

[Jennifer]

excellent shot, love the red details!

[Catherine]

He looks quite coy! Beautiful reds and blacks. Well done for getting your ostrich on the PP - well deserved.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful portait shot of this beautiful Black Beauty.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Gorgeous shot xx

[Taffy]

Brilliant black and red with great textures.

[KWind]

Wonderful close up.

[Dawn]

A lovely close up

[Annie D]

They have an elegance about them ☺

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful animal portrait- he looks as graceful as a swan- oh, he is one!! (o:

[Marnie]

Lovely swan portrait.

[Lois]

Beautifully captured!

[Gayle]

Awesome capture! Amazing red eye and beak! :-)

[Babs]

@littleconnie @yaorenliu @365projectorgjenfurj @photobird @777margo @gigiflower @merrelyn @cmp @seattlite @lyndamcg @tonygig @jorlam @jesperani @megpicatilly @pyrrhula @psychographer @taffy @kwind @dawnee @annied @olivetreeann @golftragic @loweygrace @gaylewood Thanks so much, sorry for the group reply again, but I have had a terrible day today. I need to go slowly this evening and have some quiet time.

[Babs]

@pcoulson A lot of children visit Oakvale Farm so all the animals are used to people around them. sometimes the swans can get a bit feisty, but generally they are pretty well behaved.

[Babs]

@casablanca Thanks. Glad the weather has improved for the walkers.

[Babs]

@craftymeg We don't see many white swans, all our swans here are black.

[sally agnew]

He looks rather coy. Hope you are OK Babs Xx

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a lovely close-up....he looks contemplative...

[Sue Cooper]

Fabulous. Fav.

[Kathy A]

Great close up

[Stephanie]

I am a whole week behind.... so having a big catch-up now. Thanks for all your lovely comments Babs, so lovely to read them all. Interesting to read that you don't get many white swans over there... quite the opposite over here.. we have a glut of them. I think I have only seen black swans a handful of times in total. Lovely capture, it looks almost thoughtful/pensive.