AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Swan Critters

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Swans gather just offshore ~ Rosebud beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Camera Critters #14
~

Swans
Generally
Have a beautifully arched
Elegant
Swimming grace ~
A little like a
Stylised question-mark ~
But when exotic delicacies are
On the menu ~
(Washed ashore after
Violent storms) ~
Many break
The question of
Sweet tradition
And verge on
Outlines of
Serpentine
Silhouettes
~

9 comments:

Cath said...

Don't they just? Serpentine indeed! Brilliant shot. Swans feeding without the characteristic pose. Well captured. (My critter will go up in about 24 hours).

Cath said...

Just seen you sign in and came over... to see I'd been here! duh!
Mine's up now.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Gemma: Wonderful silhouette of the swans.

Christy said...

Very nice picture of the swans, I love the silhouette. Very beautiful.

Jane Hards Photography said...

It is a lovely silhouette.

EG CameraGirl said...

Swans are such graceful-looking creatures, even in a still photo. ;-)

Misty DawnS said...

What a unique and wonderful photo! I really like this!

Gretchen said...

Very pretty creatures. :) We don't have them swimming around in the wild here.

i beati said...

great silouhettes lots of curves

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