Swans

[CaraRose]

I was dogsitting this weekend for a family who boards their horses at the stables I work. They had a pond on the property with 9 swans (along with a horde of geese and ducks that the swans tried futily to keep away). It was a mating pair and their seven babies, which were almost grown. Really beautiful, I got a couple of nice shots.

In the first shot, I got a pretty nice reflection, but its not entirely clear and warped a little bit, I'm wondering if it would be better to crop and cut out some of the reflection-- the second picture is my crop attempt. Maybe its me, but there's something about the three beaks in the reflection that's a little disconcerting to me.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Lava Lamp]

I was dogsitting this weekend for a family who boards their horses at the stables I work. They had a pond on the property with 9 swans (along with a horde of geese and ducks that the swans tried futily to keep away). It was a mating pair and their seven babies, which were almost grown. Really beautiful, I got a couple of nice shots.

In the first shot, I got a pretty nice reflection, but its not entirely clear and warped a little bit, I'm wondering if it would be better to crop and cut out some of the reflection-- the second picture is my crop attempt. Maybe its me, but there's something about the three beaks in the reflection that's a little disconcerting to me.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I wish you had the feather detail in the first that you do in the third. I didn't notice the three beaks unitl I read it, but that might be just me.

[Clicker]

I was dogsitting this weekend for a family who boards their horses at the stables I work. They had a pond on the property with 9 swans (along with a horde of geese and ducks that the swans tried futily to keep away). It was a mating pair and their seven babies, which were almost grown. Really beautiful, I got a couple of nice shots.

In the first shot, I got a pretty nice reflection, but its not entirely clear and warped a little bit, I'm wondering if it would be better to crop and cut out some of the reflection-- the second picture is my crop attempt. Maybe its me, but there's something about the three beaks in the reflection that's a little disconcerting to me.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I didn't notice the three beaks either until i Read your post, what i did notice is that I would like to see all of its reflection! I take it that is full frame?
If not I would crop or clone out the top right hand distraction ( another swan?) and take it down to the bottom of the reflection.. making the Reflection *and* the swan your subject.

Graceful looking things!