The Swans

While im still around i thought i would post a couple of photos from my last trip to the river. As i was walking along i saw 2 swans across the river and decided to climb down the bank to the waters edge to get in line with them and get a couple of shots. As soon as i got down to the waters edge the swans sensed me and started to swim over from the other side...towards me. The closers they got the more noise they started to make and i decided to snap a couple of shots before i ran back up the bank...a swan can break a mans..or womans...arm you know : )
I felt abit guilty because i figure they must have signets around and thats why they reacted the way they did..in order to protect their babies...but i just had to try and get a couple of shots. I think they turned out pretty well!

I love the first shot the most,im so pleased i managed to get that. The 2nd one is not as good but the only one i managed to get with both of them in. Edited in ACR.

Abit more manual practice

Ive been in a funk for the last couple of weeks really...with my grandad being so ill ive done nothing but focus on him and finding a job. Im still in a funk and i havent really felt like going out and photographing anything but i thought considering ive been trying to make the effort to get my manual focusing in check..i need to make sure i keep that up and get it perfect.
I spent alittle bit of time in the back garden today and just took a couple of snaps..nothing special and nothing exciting but just alittle bit of practice to keep my skills.

I had abit of fun processing these..just trying something abit different. The flower is actually pink not white but i played around in ACR and applied Marina Millers awesome Code blu setting from her Undergroud Raw Settings and just brought down the expose and brightness to achieve this. The last photo i applied another of Marina's awesome settings..this time Mellow Maitai and just did the same..adjusted brightness,exposure and added abit of black..im not sure whether i like the more bright color version or the mellow maitai..i think i favour mellow maitai abit more though.