Jump to content
© (c) Matthew Laur

Cygnet


Matt Laur

ISO 160, f/9, 1/320th, 95mm.

Copyright

© (c) Matthew Laur

From the category:

Nature

· 201,251 images
  • 201,251 images
  • 632,025 image comments


Recommended Comments

What a beauty! (And I learned a new word, cygnet...shameful since we have ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens...and I'm an English teacher and writer!) Light, color, exposure, portrait: all very fine. Thanks, again, for including lens and exposure information, which I always find instructive.
Link to comment
Well, Tim: In all fairness, I was peculiarly aware that young swans are "cygnets," but I had no idea that adult males and females are "cobbs" and "pens" respectively. Did you ever read "An Exaltation Of Larks"? I think sometimes these things are just somebody's bit of humor and poetry, and some of them stick. This particular lakeside bird was working over an elderly Italian lady for some bread crumbs, and she was using what sounded like the most musical of salty obscenities - nearly operatic - and wagging her finger at it. I couldn't pick up the words, but I got the gyst of it. Just like Italian opera!
Link to comment

Matt,

Saw this one at the bottom of one of the forum threads, . . . even shows the fine details there too!

Very nice!

Regards,

Jim j.

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...