In Reflection – Swans upon the River Thames.
As the title says the photograph contains swans in reflection on the surface of the River Thames.
I like the photograph mainly because it has two swans offering two different perspectives.
The Swan in the forefront of the shot just has the start of the reflection of it’s long and graceful neck, while the other
swan shows the full reflection all be it in a slightly blurred fashion. I also honed in on just that patch of the river to further isolate
both swans from the rest of the scene from the River bank in Christ Church Meadow which faces the Thames.
As for post processing, i did a few contrast tweaks along with a few tweaks to improve the colour’s tone and overall look.
Again i used Canon’s Digital Photo Professional. The reason for that ? I wanted to restrict myself to basic tools to try and stay as truthful to the image captured as i possibly could without the added temptations of Photoshop’s bells and whistles.
4th October – A Month in 31 Pictures.
Camera settings were as follows -
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 214 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Canon Exposure Mode: Program AE
