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A long way to go...

A long way to go...

A juvenile swan gets ready to take off.
At the river Soar, Leicester, UK.

A juvenile swan gets ready to take off.
At the river Soar, Leicester, UK.
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NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture f/4.5 ISO 250 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 65/1

location

location

Leicester, GB

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2016

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318

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Awards

Peer Award

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Superb Composition

+5

Magnificent Capture

+2

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I think your photos are very good. If I had an overall critique, I would recommend that you open up the shadows a bit using the shadows slider in lightroom. Do you know the trick of holding down the alt key while adjusting the black and white sliders?

Thanks for appreciation Joe, but I have never used light room. I do not have any pro software. I just use Nikon's captureNX. But I will try it sometime. :)

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