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Silly Tuesday swan

Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 11 January 2011 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

"How dare you bring that clickety clickety thing in here!"

Taken in the South Marine Park, South Shields.

Happy Silly Tuesday everyone!

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Comments (31)

Christine from Duns, United Kingdom

That's what I call in your face :)

11 Jan 2011 7:45am

DowsherVision from PARIS, France

Well done.

11 Jan 2011 7:50am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

Duuuuuuuck!

11 Jan 2011 8:06am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

ha ha.. happy ST.

11 Jan 2011 8:47am

PATRICK from miramas, France

just splendid

11 Jan 2011 9:24am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Wonderfully haughty. You are just begging for a beaking Curly:)

11 Jan 2011 9:45am

trilliana from Munich, Germany

this swan doesn't look silly but looks as if it find me silly :D great and dangerous capture. these beasts love to bite photographers, i tell you. happy new year, curly.

11 Jan 2011 9:47am

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

It loooks weirdly....glorious!!! Especially the beak!

11 Jan 2011 10:44am

parisa from shiraz, Iran

nice

11 Jan 2011 10:57am

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Great capture of this imposing swan. The low angle really puts it in command!

11 Jan 2011 11:09am

kitty from Seoul, South Korea

Like your caption ^^

11 Jan 2011 11:16am

Franz from Baden, Austria

ha, what a superior look! the feathers look as if covered in wax, though! great shot!

11 Jan 2011 12:00pm

Roman from Thiersee, Austria

nice "portrait" and great processing

11 Jan 2011 12:30pm

Val37 from Tours, France

A good shoot ! Happy new year to you !

11 Jan 2011 12:41pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Some serious attitude here! Happy Silly Tuesday Curly! ;-))

11 Jan 2011 1:46pm

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld, Germany

A big cocky in yer face birdy... :-)

11 Jan 2011 2:01pm

Lougris from Toulouse, France

un gros plan surprenant et superbe!

11 Jan 2011 2:18pm

Amanda from Jersey City, United States

Wowza--that swan is about to bite your face!

11 Jan 2011 2:55pm

Anne Ditmars from Trenton, United States

Wonderful!

11 Jan 2011 3:17pm

Monterey John from Carmel, CA, United States

What a face!

11 Jan 2011 3:20pm

rainboy from Nainital, India

nice one..me likes

11 Jan 2011 4:56pm

Richard Geven from Montferland, Netherlands

He's gonna bite you;-)))

11 Jan 2011 5:35pm

Helia from Tehran, Iran

ha ha ha
Don't make me peck you :-)

11 Jan 2011 5:55pm

Deisu from Valencia, Spain

Maravillosa, contrastado con le fondo difuminado

11 Jan 2011 5:59pm

Yvon from Orleans, France

magnifique et quelle fierté dans le regard

11 Jan 2011 6:57pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Great portrait!

11 Jan 2011 10:20pm

Christel from Köln, Germany

Good evening Curly
It seems as if the swan frozen or dipped in wax. A funny picture for today. 5 stars ***** Thank you for all the nice comments in recent days. Have a nice time and all the best. Dear greetings Christel

11 Jan 2011 10:30pm

Julie Brown from Indianapolis, United States

I think these guys probably know you by now, Curly.

12 Jan 2011 1:59am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Interesting processing that brings out great texture in the swan's plumage.

12 Jan 2011 2:01am

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Cool!

12 Jan 2011 3:27am

✿ Anina ✿ from Auckland, New Zealand

LOL! Happy ST! I like "the look" :)

12 Jan 2011 10:00pm

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Pentax K100D
1/125 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
27 mm (35mm equiv.)