More Swans.

[Isac]

#1 - Sharing the water with many friends.

#2 - Juvenile hiding in the reeds (taken between 2 trees).

#3 - Happy Family. Square crop (not my usual thing, but open to thoughts).

#4 - With a couple of buddies.

[Keithp]

You have a lovely lake, no wonder you get the great water bird shots.
The square cropped photo #3 gives me an uncomfortable feeling that it is compressed.

Regards
Keith

[HansE]

I am of the opinion that cropping the ducks out makes it more comfortable.

[Isac]

You have a lovely lake, no wonder you get the great water bird shots.
The square cropped photo #3 gives me an uncomfortable feeling that it is compressed. Regards, Keith

Cheers Keith. It's rather a special place, being right in the middle of an urban development. Not sure what you mean with your reference to the square crop.

I am of the opinion that cropping the ducks out makes it more comfortable.

Is that for me or Keith?

[HansE]

It agrees with Keith but would be an observation offered in response to the posting of that image!

[Keithp]

By me saying that #3 looks compressed, the crop feels to me too narrow for the height.
If it was also cropped from above (taking the ducks out) to make a square image it would be more pleasing to view.

Regards
Keith

[Isac]

Thanks Keith, would you like to do the edit and show me what you mean? That would help.

[Grumpy John]

I think what Alan is alluding to is that it has a similar feel to a cricket pitch as viewed when televised, i.e. appearing shorter that it actually is. Maybe the adult swans were further apart than they appear. Just my thoughts.

[Keithp]

Isac, I think I will retract what I said, when I saved the image to my desktop where I could see it in it's entirety it looked okay.
When viewing as I scrolled down on the forum I could not see the full image, which led me to think that it was a bit narrow for the length.
I have learned something here, my apologies.

Regards
Keith

[Isac]

Cheers Keith. I learn something new every day (but it doesn't mean I remeber it). You had me stumped for a while and I thought I would have to revisit the idea of a square crop. Thanks mate.

[wigz]

It looks to be an excellent variety of birds for the apparent size of the lake. It's wonderful to have swans there.

[Isac]

Cheers Alan. It is a small lake but it's healthy and does attract a good variety of birds. Perfectly suited to a photographer!

[HansE]

How about like this ? I was thinking more like this. With a bit of fen sui!

[HansE]

That would also be a nice portrait crop.

[Isac]

I see your point and the crop is a good version. Plenty of different ways to crop it I guess. I'm saddened that the mother left her family, but it's a fact of life now with families splitting up.