This mute swan swam past me as I lay on the waterfront at the end of a winter day. The sunlight exactly lit up the swan and the surroundings were in shadow. This only really lasted a very short time, so had to raise my shutter speed very quickly to achieve this effect. It's still a young swan, but fortunately the sun is still adding some colour to the bird.
Ronald Buitendijk started a few years ago with photographing animals he was looking for. With great pleasure he goes looking for wild animals to put them on film. Of course this is done in a way to disturb the animals as little as possible.
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