The emerging swan family that I photographed on Monday of this week took its first swim together early this morning. It is usually after the first four days, once all the eggs have hatched, that the mother will take the cygnets to the water for the first time.
The photograph shows three of the five young advancing towards the camera, all close together. This makes focus with a super-telephoto lens easier, although not always successful - the sibling at the rear is not sharp, despite the fact that I stopped the lens down for increased depth of field. It is the main reason why I've not posted a shot of the whole family: it is difficult to get all seven birds in the same plane of focus at the same time, so, inevitably, some members will be out of focus.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor (VR off) with TC-14EII converter. 1/2000 second at f/8. -1 stop EV compensation. ISO 400. Monopod
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