Uploaded: July 05, 2005 11:30:59
Cammans Pond
Jessica L. Richard July 05, 2005
very beautiful image! I love the drops coming from it's nose. #273914Lori Carlson July 05, 2005
Wow, this is such a wonderful capture with such a wonderful perspective! Looks as your holding the camera just above the water! LOVE it Ken! Beautiful colors too! :0) #1557485Andrea W. Hedgepeth July 05, 2005
Fantastic image! #1557718Souha Dooly July 05, 2005
Great shot Ken!!!love the colors and the compostion !!!well done : ) #1557820Deb Holmes-Hatfield July 05, 2005
Great perspective Ken, the colors are wonderful! Nicely done! #1557842Connie J. Bagot July 05, 2005
Love the perspective---and your processing is beautiful. Really nice photo. Oh---I love your fireworks as well! #1558280Janet Criswell July 05, 2005
Very nice, Ken! Well done! #1558357Roxanne M. Bubar July 05, 2005
Beautiful capture and image. #1558483Ken Grooms July 05, 2005
Thanks, everyone!!!!!!!!Lori is right about camera position - two inches above the water looking up slightly at the swan. #1558507
Kay E. Mahoney July 05, 2005
WOW!!!!!!!!!! This is fantastic. Love the close up shot. What a beautiful swan. The colors are great. I can see this as a winner. #1558812Kerby Pfrangle July 05, 2005
KenThis is magical
LOVE THIS.
I bet this comes back as a finalist.
Very NICE............Kerby #1559104
Ken Grooms July 05, 2005
Thanks for the encouraging words! #1559135Susan T. Evans July 07, 2005
Fantastic Ken!!! way to go!!!! #1566075Debra Booth July 07, 2005
Wow! Fantastic composition and perspective, Ken! Wonderful color, too!! #1568091Ken Grooms July 07, 2005
Thanks, Susan and Debra! #1568248Laura E. OConnor July 07, 2005
This is neat, Ken! Did you use a buzz or other filter on it, or sharpen it, perhaps? Something about it looks a little surreal to me. Beautiful, though! #1568319Ken Grooms July 08, 2005
No buzz - what is that, anyway?Unsharp Mask, Levels, Adjust Shadows, Enhance Color, clone out duck in neck and tree from head! #1569723
Laura E. OConnor July 08, 2005
LOL! Glad you cured the swan of the duck and tree!!! Not sure how to do buzz, (or how to describe it!) but I've seen it done and it looked like you did it here on feathes and trees. Guess my eyes were playing tricks that late at night (11pm my time). Thanks! :) #1570829Kate Jackson July 08, 2005
I shall be so upset if this is not a winner Ken! I have never seen a swan from that angle before! It is so wonderful! #1570859Ken Grooms July 08, 2005
Thanks, Laura. I'll have to look into the "buzz" filter.Kate, I'll be very happy (and surprised!) if it even makes it to the finals! But thanks for your kind words. #1572055
Kate Jackson July 09, 2005
fo2pix.comKen Grooms July 09, 2005
Thank you, Kate, for the website. #1572967Amanda Price July 25, 2005
Very nice! #1637154Ken Grooms July 26, 2005
Thank you. #1642892Shari Travison August 16, 2005
You've captured the beauty of this so well! Great shot! #1725901Tammy Scott August 20, 2005
Congratulations again, Ken! #1740480Ken Grooms August 20, 2005
Thanks, Tammy and Shari! #1742444Melissa L. Zavadil August 20, 2005
Congratulations Ken on your wonderful finalist!! Beautiful capture #1742586Linda Proctor August 20, 2005
Congrats Ken!!! Fantastic as always!!! #1742854Ken Grooms August 20, 2005
Thanks a lot Melissa and Linda - same to both of you! #1743415Kay E. Mahoney August 20, 2005
Congratulations Ken. Good luck in the next round. #1743526Kay E. Mahoney August 20, 2005
Congratulations Ken. Good luck in the next round. #1743527Serena Pierce August 20, 2005
Congratulations Ken! #1743623Jim Kinnunen August 21, 2005
Congratulations on this finalist, Ken!:) #1744016Kate Jackson August 21, 2005
Congratulations Ken! #1744765Ken Grooms August 22, 2005
Wow! Thanks so much, everyone!Best of luck to you, too! #1753833
Brenda M. Wolfensberger August 27, 2005
This is great Ken! A well deserved finalist. I can't get over the angle you shot this at! It's amazing. #1774976Ken Grooms August 28, 2005
Thanks, Brenda! My little Olympus camera has one of those "flip tops" (tilt lcd display), so I could put the camera practically in the water while kneeling and viewing the display from above the camera. #1778403Brenda M. Wolfensberger August 29, 2005
Awesome! I was picturing you wading knee-deep in a public pond while security was standing at the edge waiting to haul you away. haha :) I wish my Nikon had that! #1779385Ken Grooms August 30, 2005
I wish mine did too! #1787334James H. Enterkin October 19, 2005
Great shot Ken. I love the close up. #1969913augustus gillian September 06, 2006
good angle and detail. love colors #3274599Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
Discussions by Category: You can view photo discussions on various themes in the Community > Photo Discussions section of the site.
BetterPhoto Websites: If you see an orange website link directly under the photographer's name, it's totally okay. It's not spam. The reason: BetterPhoto is the one that offers these personal photography websites. We are supporting our clients with those links.
Unavailable EXIF: If there is no other information but 'Unavailable' in the EXIF (meaning no EXIF data exists with the photo), the 'Unavailable' blurb is not displayed. If there is any info, it shows. Many photos have the EXIF stripped out when people modify the image and resave it, before uploading.
The following truth is one of the core philosophies of BetterPhoto:
I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.
You learn by doing. Take your next online photography class.
Copyright for this photo belongs solely to Ken Grooms.
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.
I already have an account!