Animal Photography: the graceful dance of swan
Hey there my Hive friends and followers!
It has been more than a week since I posted something else than my regular series here on my Hive blog and I´m really sorry about it. As I have mentioned a few times already, I´m currently amid a very busy period (probably the busiest in many years) in the real life, for many different reasons, and I totally feel like I owe you guys an update post with some explanations but there are still some things that I need to know before I can write that post for you so thanks in advance for your patience and understanding. I haven´t been posting much lately, I have been struggling to check out my feed and the happenings on Hive in general but at least, I have been trying to make sure that all the comments that you guys left for me somewhere are being replied to. I really hope to be able to tell you what has been going on in my life lately but before I get to writing that post, let me share some cool natural pictures with you that I actually took today.
We made a little trip to a beautiful natural place called the Hostivice Ponds just outside of Prague, Czech Republic earlier today. It´s basically a network of ponds, creeks and swamps that, together, create a very unique and fragile ecosystem that is home to many interesting animal and plant species. The place looks really cool in photos on the internet but unfortunately, we were not lucky in terms of weather at all so most of my pictures from the Hostivice Ponds didn´t turn out well and I don´t even know if I make a post about the ponds from them.
However, I did take some that actually look very cool despite the gray cloudy skies and the lack of color in the lush vegetation. These shots are interesting just because one beautiful swan decided to pay us a visit (he was probably just curious to see if we had some food for him but whatever :D) and after checking us out, he even danced for us!
Let me show you how it began. That´s him. The Swan Majesty Himself checking out who dared to invade his realm...
After the audience (and after finding out that we didn´t bring any treats :D), the magnificent bird decided to show us who was the boss there by performing this impressive dance. The following shots are a kind of time lapse with the first picture and the last one being taken just a few seconds apart...
I hope you enjoyed the photos. I still cannot believe that my old phone camera was able to capture the two last pictures with such a decent focus even though the swan was shaking his giant wings like crazy. I was lucky I guess :)
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Wow, that last one is pretty impressive! Quite the action shot! I love it!
Thanks! Was a spectacle indeed :)
Great moment man! As though the swan says here is my realm :)
That´s exactly what he was saying I think :D Thanks for stopping by my friend!
Labutí jezero!😊
...s pravidelnými i občasnými hosty ;) Hezký výlet to byl, až na to počasí.
I guess you are addicted to going to beautiful places
It is a very good thing
Keep it up!!!
Not sure if addicted is the word but yeah, I like to spend time outdoors with Mother Nature whenever it´s possible. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Pics are mind blowing
Thanks :)
Wonderful clicks. Like your photography and love swan especially it's moves, just awsome. These are some clicks, if You posted others, hope so they were also a great ones.
Thanks for your feedback, happy to know that you enjoyed this little swan collection :)
Beautiful images of the swan! Cellphone cameras are nifty, aren't they? Their ease, portability and convenience are why my cellphone is all I ever use to take photos; unless I'm at home or have a planned outing and bring my Nikon D3500 along with me.🤳📸📱
The last six images could be used to create a cool gif of the swan gracefully lifting itself out of the lake @phortun
Have a great rest of your day!😊
Thank you Nina! You are right about cell phones, I have been only shooting with them too, never actually owned a "real" camera :) Glad that you liked these swan pictures. Now that you mentioned the idea to create a gif out of them, I regret not taking a short video of the dance but I´m not really used to taking videos as clicking shots is my "default setting" when seeing something interesting :D
Maybe you will have another opportunity to video the swans in the future. Who knows, they may even have babies with them next time!
:)
Wow, that last photo is stunning! I love thata kind of ecosystems you mentioned, normally there are tons of different species lurking around. Hope you can salvage a few of those pond photos! Cheers! !BEER
Thanks buddy! I thought that fans of birdwatching like you might enjoy these shots :) Yeah, there is a similar environment (ponds, streams and swamps) near my hometown too and I cycle there quite often when I´m back there and these places are literally brimming with wildlife indeed.
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Wow such lovey photos of the swan's majstic dance. The last photo shows how beautiful this bird truly is. Really lovely.
Beautiful birds indeed. Thanks for checking out the pictures :) Have a nice day!
Wao! Beautiful ❤📸
Gracias Jessy! Saludos :)
Swans are, by nature, elegant, graceful birds with a unique appearance.
Btw, congratulations to the photographer for these beautiful images😉
Thanks man :) Graceful birds indeed but in fact, they can be quite aggressive, even towards people. Saw that myself. But maybe only those who had some bad experience with humans, I don´t know... I personally believe that no animal can be naturally evil, unlike humans...
Wow, you are absolutely right that unlike animals only humans can be evil, we have to recognize that we are guests in their natural environment and not the other way around.
We have seen here in Romania attacks by bears on tourists who have ventured into our forests, and in these cases we humans are unwelcome guests in their natural environment, their actions are normal.
Cheers!
Yes, I know, these bear attacks sometimes happen even in Slovakia, the country of our eastern neighbors (and former Czechoslovakian brothers). The saddest thing in such cases is when the authorities decide to find and kill the bear that attacked someone. Just like you say, its their natural environment and we are the guests in there so we should respect them, not the other way around...
And here in Romania it used to be that after bear attacks they would be shot, but those who deal with the protection of animals and Natura 2000 intervened and these massacres stopped, now they anesthetize them and relocate them.
Cheers!
So glad to hear this! Thank you for letting me know :)
nice job !!
Thanks.
Beautiful swan, indeed it's really graceful.
Yeah, they are amazing creatures :) Thanks for your visit!
I've seen one here and I can't help but just look at it. :D
You´re very lucky, those are beautiful photos!
Thank you my friend! Are there any swans in your region too?
Hmmm, there are swans here but I haven't seen any in the wild, just in parks, they are so beautiful 🦢💖
This is impressive. I am sorry the Hostivice Ponds did not give you entirely what you needed but it's beautiful the swam decided to grace you guys with her presence and her dance although you guys did not bring him any treats.
Thank you for sharing. I hope you'll get your offline activities in control soon so you can finally share with us what it is about.
All the best.
Thanks for checking out the post and leaving such a nice comment here, I really appreciate it :)
Všimla som si, že si tu menej a dúfam, že je to naozaj len busy obdobie a všetko je v poriadku. Snáď sa to čoskoro ustáli a bude všetko ako predtým 🙂
Krásne fotky. Labute som mala rada, kým som ich nevidela ako sa párili. Bolo to tak brutálne, že ich teraz vidím v inom svetle 😂 Trauma až do konca života 😂
Ďalšie miesto, kde som ešte nebola.. ešte nemám naplánované kedy pôjdem do Prahy, ale už teraz viem, že budem mať plný program 😁
Děkuju, je toho teď fakt hodně. Brzy dám vědět, co se děje ;) Ale už teď vím, že ke své staré Hive rutině se jen tak nevrátím, pokud vůbec :(
Já jsem asi ještě páření labutí neviděl, tak jsem se teď kouknul na Youtube a máš pravdu, vypadá to dost drsně, žádná romantika, jak by člověk u těchto ptáků čekal :D Já zas viděl, jak umí být labutě agresivní na lidi. Proto jsem si nebyl jistý, jestli se tady ten labuťák na mě náhodou nechystal zaútočit, ale nakonec jen stačilo, že nám ukázal, kdo je tu šéf a šel si po svých :D Jen škoda toho počasí no, ty Hostivické rybníky jsou fakt krásné a kdyby svítilo sluníčko, tak by ty fotky vyšly úplně jinak. Takhle ani nevím, jestli z nich udělám článek, vůbec se mi nelíbí...
Tak to ma mrzí, ale na druhej strane, sú oveľa dôležitejšie veci ako hive, takže rozumiem 🙂
Tak to máš pravdu, vedie byť veľmi agresívne. Ja sa k ním veľmi nepribližujem...
Ja si ešte pamätám ako si minule vravel, že sa ti vôbec nepáčia fotky z tej zrúcaniny, lebo bolo hnusné počasie a pozri ako to dopadlo. Ten článok mal super úspech 🙂 Na Slovensku hovoríme: Neháďž flintu do žita. Jednoducho urob článok a uvidíš, možno budeš prekvapený 😉
Hehe, "nehaž flintu do žita" říkáme taky a normálně to nedělám, ale tak zas mám nějakou soudnost, že :) K té zřícenině se to hnusné počasí hodilo, to už jsem věděl při tom focení, že ten gotický hrad bude na temných fotkách vypadat zajímavě a tajemně, ale na focení rozkvetlé, barevné přírody se zamračená obloha fakt nehodí :( Ale nic se neděje, je to blízko, tak tam můžeme zajet znovu ;)
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A good observation there... It looks great
Thank you.
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How beautiful Swans as water gods. Beautiful birds.
Yeah, very graceful birds. Thanks for stopping by :)
Swan, They are so beautiful and through your pictures, they look like lively and wonderful. Your post is so nice.
Thanks for your feedback, glad to know that you enjoyed the pictures :)
The weather is very pleasant and beautiful and the way you have done these pictures in a very good way makes them look very beautiful. Last picture is my favorite in your photography. Thanks for sharing.
The weather actually wasn´t pleasant at all, at least not for photography but I know your comments are always strange. Thanks anyway :)
I liked the way it spread out it wings like it’s trying to embrace something. Thanks for sharing such experience with us
Thanks for your kind comment :) Have a nice weekend!
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Viděl jsem a nafotil labuťáka, který se postavil psovi, když chránil mladé. I krása umí být pořádně drsná :-)
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To teda :) Já viděl labutě prohánět i lidi :D Já teda zatím tu "čest" neměl, ale klidně se bez toho obejdu :D
:-)
Taky tak. Stačil mi štípanec od housera.
:)
What a majestic animal, it looks too beautiful with its wings stretched out
It does :) Thanks for stopping by my friend!