no 'ugly duckling'..

... but a cygnet on the River Itchen at Winchester. Magnified, you can see that the water in the river is crystal clear.

[Lesley]

Definately not ugly. Love the background. Great shot

[Ivan]

Beautiful cygnet, such clear water, lovely picture Hazel, fav! Can we communicate? - I don't want to put contact info. here. Is there some way via 365 - or other?

[Arthur Loosley]

Beautiful texture on the dark plumage, Hazel. It emphasises the colours of the stream bed.

[mervyn hobbs]

One word Excellent.

[Nicole]

wow gorgeous! love the clarity of the water underneath!

[Sophia Ziburtovicz]

Unique POV.

[Graham Thresher]

A beautiful capture. Fav

[Daryl O'Hare]

Absolutely stunning--the water is just amazing as the backdrop to the elegant swoop of the neck. Focus spot on. Fav.

[Tracey H-N]

Beautiful !

[Hazel]

@darylo

Thank you! This is not cropped at all and due to the zoom on my lovely new little Panasonic Lumix - what luck to have such a great camera!

[Hazel]

@nicoleterheide

Thank you for your comment.Lots of chalk- bedded streams and rivers in Hampshire have this lovely clear water.

[Richard Creese]

Great capture, so much detail. Water looks amazing.

[Judith]

Excellent capture.

[Gayanne Campbell]

Spectacular capture Hazel! The water is so clear and I love the graceful arch of the neck. A fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent closeup and I love how he seems to be peeking up at you.

[Rachel]

Lovely sharp image. Very pretty.

[Floyd]

super image

[Pat Knowles]

Such a gracious pose don't you think & that water looks invisible!

[Sarah Munnings]

beauty.......love how it is sneaking a peep at you. The water is so clear!

[Alice Burghart]

great image. I was glad to see that you got to meet up with Gerry.

[Carys]

Gorgeous shot!!

[Karin Hirsch]

Beautiful cropping

[Pyrrhula]

A very beautiful pic. Love the water and the close up but less how (S)he looks at me. Guest (S)he don`t trust me. Tel her next time, say : cheese

[Loopy-Lou]

Fantastic shot, very beautiful photo of the cygnet.

[Paula W]

Super composition and I love the colours of the stones through the crystal clear water.

[Sheila G]

A lovely shot

[Linda]

Wow! Beautiful detail.

[Ness Santvoort]

love shot Hazel, looks like you got pretty close, what an elegant neck he has

[Hazel]

@khirsch @ness50

This is not cropped but was taken with the zoom on my new camera.
I wouldn't have dared to even get close to this cygnet as the swan I've posted today was hissing and hissing at Jinks on the bank!

[Ness Santvoort]

@quietpurplehaze they can get a bit feisty, great job Hazel bet you are enjoying the new camera

[Andrea]

Missed this one earlier. Beautiful photo

[ZambianLass]

What a beauty

[Claire]

Gorgeous

[Anja]

beautiful closeup!

[Laura J.]

Saw this on PP - well worth it, gorgeous shot

[Taylor]

You captured such a sweet look on its face!

[Pyrrhula]

Thanks for the Fav. dear Hazel. It make my day

[Hazel]

@pyrrhula

It makes mine to know that I made yours, Ferry.

[Gerry]

fav photo Hazel I have seen this somewhere recent haha

[Helen]

beautiful with the sneaky glance making the photo!

[Christine]

Good shot. Probably the same cygnet I photographed on my hols in Winchester

[Susan]

Love the perspective and the ripple of water!

[Darlene]

Such a beautiful photo. Love the detail you captured.

[Myrna O'Hara]

super capture!!