SANCTUARY. ( Please view larger).

Abbotsbury Swannery conserves the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world. Swannery records date back more than 600 hundred years, to times when monks from the Benedictine Monastery of St Peter took advantage of Abbotsbury’s unique situation in order to acquire… swan meat for feasting. Today, there are often 600 free-flying swans on site at any one time and up to 150 pairs may nest on a clearing of only two acres. The swannery is an integral part of nature reserve recognised as a wetland of international importance. It supports a superb variety of wildlife.

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A beautiful and meaningful capture Dimitris. Thanks for the attached information and thoughts , indeed very interesting.Best wishes.

Good tonal range and exposure. Interesting narrative, as we have scattered mute swans in our parks (southern calif).

Beautiful compositon, very nice tone. Best regards christine

Superb capture, Dimitris. A delight of scene, tones and cloudy atmosphere. High quality photograph! Congrats!

Buena composición y elegante b/w. Además de una grata información. ¿No son peligrosos? .- Los patos suelen ser muy agresivos y muerden.

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Good composition and worked b / w. In addition to a pleasant information. Are not they dangerous? .- The ducks are usually very aggressive and bite.

great shot and wonderful post processing

good nature shot...bw.works very well here...congrats

Excellent B/W image ,well composed ....beautiful .

Excellent scene of much beauty with your preference to sepia making it more interesting and eye-catching...Regards

Very beautiful, like a fairy tale! Regards

A great photo. Congrats !

A brilliant composition with wonderful tones. Best regards.

The border really detracts from the feeling - encloses the scene but it may have been intentional to reinforce the sense of Sanctuary. Consider a solid black border or a single one with a white border instead.

 

It probably me but at f64 this is an Adams.

 

Amazing capture!

Thanks very much for the advice John. I will upload a couple of other borders tomorrow and you can have a look.

Dimitris, this is excellent image of these lovely, graceful birds. Thank you for including the information about the Abbotsbury Swannery, very interesting. Warm regards.

Just too good. compliments -koushik

Wonderful composition.....I like that you've allowed 2 swans to be prominent in front with the others creating your backdrop. I've learned so much from reading about the travels and experiences of others.....I enjoy that aspect of this site almost as the photography itself. So I really appreciated your explanation about this amazing sanctuary.

marvelous documented photograph! i love everything about it...

I would like to see it in natural color. Wonderful subject and fantastic photo but the treatment spoils it a bit for me.