“a sudden blow: the great wings beating still”
leda and the swan, w b yeats
canal trip, brugge
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – motion)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 lens at 190mm, 1/400s at f/10, edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro 2, wet filter applied, wet wings also featured*
belgianstreets 
Andy, what a great shot for this challenge!
janet
Thank you Janet!
Great shot … and well chosen for this week’s challenge 🙂
Thank you Rebekah!
great shot, Andy! I love that it is in b&w
Thank you, I am very happy that you liked it! It was a lucky shot, the boat disturbed the swans and i just managed to swing my camera around without falling overboard, or smacking anyone in the face with my telephoto lens!
Lol
It’s very beautiful a photo of a swan in black and white…
Thank you, very much!
Brilliant shot, Andy. Great timing too and love how you captured the swans in their element 🙂
Thank you Mabel! Yes, the swans were in their element and in a way were quite irritated by the human intervention, they can be quite scary when aroused!
Wonderful!!!
Thank you!
A rare capture – timing is everything and you have truly caught motion. I love your choice of black and white because it allows us to see the detail of the water drops and movement of the wings.
Thank you, yes, timing is everything and certainly in this case, I was very lucky!
Looks like a dramatic scene. Wonderful b&W!
Thank you Cardinal!!
Great shot! Reminds me of Paula’s (Lost in Translation) 🙂
Thank you! Will need to go look…