Swan equipped with Hydraulic Brakes

diannemcd, on October 3, said:

Still love it.

kamalyn, on October 3, said:

Thanks for all of the encouraging comments Ben, vterezia, Gabe, Anico and Dianne! It's fun to remember this day, since back at the nest his mate's egg was hatching. That cygnet's now a big juvenile just about learning to fly. Best wishes for the NPC to you all!

Pedro Pérez García, on October 3, said:

Oportuno aterrizaje con espejo Saludos.

anico61, on October 12, said:

Perfect! Voted! Good luck in NPC!

Greetings from Hungary Anico

kamalyn, on October 14, said:

Thanks very much Pedro Perez Garcia and anico61 ! Best wishes to you both also in the NPC.

Argenna, on October 18, said:

Beautiful! Good luck on NPC!

Greetings, Argenna.

kamalyn, on October 19, said:

Thanks very much Argenna! Cheers!

Conquilha, on October 19, said:

Really fantastic this swan landing,

Conquilha

kamalyn, on October 20, said:

Thank-you Conquilha ! The swans at our lake sure make for some great subjects.

ribene, on October 20, said:

Very good!

Voted! Good luck in NPC!

Greetings from Hungary Gyöngyi

kamalyn, on October 20, said:

Thank-you very much for your good wishes ribene!

ebolufer, on October 20, said:

The question is: Is the swan landing or taking off?

kamalyn, on October 20, said:

Hi ebolufer - he's coming in for a landing after chasing a goose out of his territory. They're pretty comical taking off, as they run across the water before catching air (and the links are of a different swan and a different day, but the swan in those links is also chasing off a goose. Swans really don't like geese!)

Mahdi Kalhor, on October 21, said:

YS

Excellent shot.

I like it.

Kind regards to you,

Mahdi

kamalyn, on October 21, said:

Thanks very much Mahdi!

diannemcd, on October 26, said:

Congrats to you on this one, maybe if I had remembered to vote you would have been up higher also, where it deserves, but as I said to someguyinmasset our winner this month was a very worthy one.

kamalyn, on October 26, said:

Thanks Dianne!

Andrew Mckie, 9 days ago, said:

fantastic shot, Ive messed up a few attempts at that sort of thing but shots like this are an encouragement to keep trying.

C. Johnston, 8 days ago, said:

Great capture.

Cathy

kamalyn, 7 days ago, said:

Thanks Andrew and Cathy! It really was a gigantic case of luck to get this, well, and having watched the swans enough to know they chase geese away from their nests. So when I saw this one start to get riled up by a pair of geese, I did set a pretty fast shutter speed. But I sure had no idea he'd come sliding in like this in front of me.