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White beauty

White beauty

Every swan pic from my gallery takes me back to Castle gardens, Leicester, UK.
These wonderful fascinating creatures are just so graceful.
They ...
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Every swan pic from my gallery takes me back to Castle gardens, Leicester, UK.
These wonderful fascinating creatures are just so graceful.
They are my fav.

This was clicked long back in 2016.
Castle Gardens by River Soar, Leicester, UK
Summer Season

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camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture f/5 ISO 160 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 180/1

location

location

Leicester, GB

upload_date

upload_date

Nov, 2019

Views

560

Likes

+164

Awards

People's Choice in Ducks_or_Swanns Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+57

Top Choice

$kazimierzfrackowski$

+12

Magnificent Capture

+9

Absolute Masterpiece

+8

Superb Composition

All Star

Superior Skill

Outstanding Creativity

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Great capture, Aarti!

Thank you Mick. :)

Well captured !

Thanks, Ian. :)

Absolutely beautiful, congrats

Thank you, Tracy, :)

An amazing shot!

:) Thank you, Tatiana.

Platinum

Pretty

Thank you. :)

PRO+

Exceptional composition and beautiful photography

:)

Beautiful

Thank you Paula. :)

Ultimate

Thank you for entering my Swans no people challenge and good luck!! Kathy

Thanks for inspiring, Kathy. Swans are my fav and there are beautiful entries in your challenge. :).

PRO+

gorgeous

Thanks Kathy. :)

PRO

Beautiful! Congrats on your challenge award! : )

:) Thank you, Pamela.

Congratulations

Thank you, Sandy. :)

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