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Mike G

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Swan dunking!
« on: January 17, 2020, 11:07:34 »
This was taken in Lucerne, in 2015, close to the shore of the lake.
D810 + Nikkor 24-120mm @ 1/200 f8 ISO125.

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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2020, 11:54:23 »
 :o ;D Nice one!
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2020, 12:48:38 »
Indeed.  A grazing swan.

Quote from: Erik Lund on January 17, 2020, 11:54:23
:o ;D Nice one!
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2020, 17:29:43 »
Quote from: Hugh_3170 on January 17, 2020, 12:48:38
A grazing swan.

Common to Swans and Ducks, among others, this is called dabbling.
This is a premature individual, Mike.

I caught this iceberg style of image last Autumn…



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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2020, 18:23:55 »
Damnit I couldn’t remember the term “dabbling”, hey ho!

Nice one NShooter.
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2020, 18:39:37 »
Quote from: Mike G on January 17, 2020, 18:23:55
Damnit I couldn’t remember the term “dabbling”, hey ho!Nice one NShooter.


It happens to most of us over 22!  :P


There were five swans dabbling at the marsh that day. As I took a Gadwall
in the same position that looked like a science fiction cathedral (according
to my daughter!), I wondered if a Swan would look like an iceberg.

So I observed the fives dabblers for quite some time — keeping a close eye
on everything else, of course — and only two were in some decent light. I
kept them in sight until luck smiled to me!
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2020, 18:59:31 »


My daughter said: "I like the man… give it to him!"

So here is the Gadwall…


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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2020, 02:24:43 »
That makes two of us Mike, so I used the functional word.  But dabbling it is!


Quote from: Mike G on January 17, 2020, 18:23:55
Damnit I couldn’t remember the term “dabbling”, hey ho!

Nice one NShooter.
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2020, 02:26:44 »
Yes, nice one Nikkor Shooter.  A touch of the Chrysler Buiilding in this one?
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2020, 02:31:47 »
Quote from: Hugh_3170 on January 18, 2020, 02:26:44
A touch of the Chrysler Buiilding in this one?
…donno… but my younger son suggests it must be
a version of Atlantis! Go figure. :P
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2020, 03:07:11 »
Its funny what people see in images - which is nice.  :)

Quote from: Nikkor Shooter on January 18, 2020, 02:31:47
…donno… but my younger son suggests it must be
a version of Atlantis! Go figure. :P
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2020, 12:02:44 »
Quote from: Hugh_3170 on January 18, 2020, 03:07:11
Its funny what people see in images - which is nice.  :)

Well, if one puts aside the features that makes it recognisable as
a bird, both kids saw some kind of buildings and I saw a flower.
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2020, 09:08:33 »
The Gadwall, I can imagine seeing as a flower!
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2020, 10:06:40 »
Quote from: Hugh_3170 on January 18, 2020, 02:24:43
That makes two of us Mike, so I used the functional word.  But dabbling it is!

Looks like an artichoke to me.  Nice capture!
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Re: Swan dunking!
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2020, 18:36:05 »
Quote from: Akira on January 19, 2020, 10:06:40
Looks like an artichoke to me.  Nice capture!

Isn't a brown artichoke at tad over the eat safe date limit, Akira? :P
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