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The Chase
The Chase
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM
Location: Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyoming
Date: Oct 3, 2009
Aperture: f9
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/1600th
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2010

 The 'culprit' swan charged a pair of swans performing a mating dance. They chased it round and round until coming in for landing (pictured here). The two angry swans attack the culprit swan as they head in for landing on the lake in the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyoming.

Other swan photos:




Other images taken during the midwest photo safari:



Soli Deo Gloria

Statistics
Place: 320 out of 445
Avg (all users): 5.4160
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3920
Avg (non-participants): 5.5098
Views since voting: 847
Views during voting: 413
Votes: 250
Comments: 16
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 01/29/2010 11:36:37 PM
Neck bite! Where's the neck bite?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 03:56:21 PM
Nice reflections off water. nr3 on left seems to be heading for a splash landing. this is what happenes when ATC sleeps on the Job
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 01/27/2010 09:07:04 PM
I love the lighting here!! A tighter crop would have been great, 7
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 01/27/2010 12:53:24 PM
Wow! Nice capture and well processed!
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 01/27/2010 05:58:19 AM
what a stunning capture my hats off to you
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 01/25/2010 07:15:06 PM
Terrific capture. I especially like the reflection.......7
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 01/25/2010 12:55:22 PM
It's a little hard to make out the subjects from their reflection, but I guess that's the beauty of it. Nice one.
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 01/25/2010 09:35:38 AM
good drama there
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 01/25/2010 01:08:54 AM
great action scene
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 01/23/2010 09:26:58 PM
Things I like: The light shining through the wings, the moment you captured with incredible clarity, the excellent reflection, the fact that you didn't spoil this whole image with a black frame or an inane title. This is one of those images that makes me wonder how it would look in BW. 8
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 01/23/2010 09:15:22 PM
The grace and yet the strength in these birds is phenomenal and to capture it so beautifully is really an accomplishment!
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 01/23/2010 10:52:01 AM
Good action shot, nice reflections. Good backlighting in the wings but would like to see this from a different angle so there was more light on the front of the birds.
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 01/23/2010 01:49:59 AM
nice action.
 01/22/2010 10:31:54 PM
Whoo feathers are flying!! Good timing.
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 01/22/2010 10:02:24 PM
for me there is just a bit to much going on here...took me awhile to see that there are 3 birds here.
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 01/22/2010 09:18:16 PM
Very interesting shot. I like the ruffled feathers.
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