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Protective Mother

Protective Mother

I was very lucky to capture these wew born cygnets still in their nest whilst cycling along the River Thames close to Windsor....
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I was very lucky to capture these wew born cygnets still in their nest whilst cycling along the River Thames close to Windsor.
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camera

NIKON D90

settings

Aperture f/5.0 ISO 1600 Shutter 10/2500

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2013

Views

438

Likes

+38

Awards

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Superb Composition

+4

Absolute Masterpiece

+1

Top Choice

Jaw Dropping

Peer Award

Exceptional Contrast

All Star

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 30 rank week 2

Top 30 rank week 1

Categories

Animals

great capture!

Adorable!! Great capture!!

Brilliant!

I am jealous, green with envy, I wish this were mine, O K Dave you got to know this is exquisite, your details
pop this into a category of excellence!

Thanks everyone for the comments. Some quality has been lost with this upload.... or perhaps it was a very tight crop!

Cute

PRO+

Breath taking!! WOW!

Thanks so much everyone!

What a great capture!

great shot!

Thanks for the comments!

so beautiful

Absolutely fabulous shot! I agree just breath taking!

Beautiful colour contrast!

Thanks very much for the comments!

wonderful!

Platinum

Oh - beautiful capture! Love it!

Nice picture of mute swans and cygnets really lucky you were able to get that close :)

PRO+

beautiful compsition, scenery, focus.... lovely!! So we have found the escaped prisoners from those egg shells... :) lol

adorable photo!! :)

Thanks for the award viewbug!

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Tags

#swan #cygnets #bird #nest #feathers #beak

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