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40 of 52 - Part 2

Dave_Henderson

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40 of 52 - Part 2

15 Apr 2014 8:57PM   Views : 470 Unique : 364

A change is as good as a rest ........

A different direction tonight..... a beautiful calm evening saw me at the lake armed with a flask of hot oxo and the Canon SX50. After setting up the gear I sat myself on the bench watching swallows flying just above the water surface, graceful birds making flight seem so simple. After half an hour the light was getting to the ok stage so moved to the camera. It just so happened that two swans decided to enter the frame.......

lake-tonight.jpg
..... three exposures blended in Photoshop......bugger the filters, the're for the pro's

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