Swans are back again

Looks like same swans have returned again. River is still frozen and there are still lot of snow. There is anyway already two small areas free of ice and swans are there again. This place is only few meters from the place where swans have had a nest already many years.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photos: Swans are back again
Date: 19th of April

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS

Who is there?

Walk to the next free water.

Interesting to see how many small ones there will be  on coming summer.

Regards,
Mika

Windmills, Train Bridge and Swans

Today was beautiful sunny day and about temperature was about -5C here in Tornio. I was walking by the river, when I heard there are flying swans towards me.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Windmills, train bridge and swans
Date: 15th of November, 2017

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/1600 sec. f/2.8 30.5mm ISO 80

Editing: Contrast, clarity, cropping.

This train bridge in the photo crosses border. On the left is Finland and on the right is Sweden.

Regards,
Mika

Flock of Swans on river in Tornio

This time of the year birds fly from North Europe to south. Also swans. I took this photo few days ago, when there was big flock of swans on the river.

Place: Torne River (Finnish: Tornionjoki), Tornio, Finland
Photo: Flock of swans on the river in Tornio
Date: 2nd of October 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/640 sec. f/7.1 250mm ISO 1000

Editing: Contrast, clarity, highlights, cropping.

Yesterday I didn't see the swans anymore in the same place, so maybe those left already towards south.

Regards,
Mika

Swan with the Babies 2017

I heard that the swan near my home has got two babies, but it's not anymore on the nest. Today evening I decided to search the swans and finally I found them. I took all of these photos below about 10PM, when here are still lot of light.

Place: Haparanda, Sweden
Photos: Swan with the babies 2017
Date: 2nd of July, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Mother also hided the babies to long crass for a while. Only mother's head was visible.

Very quickly mother and babies came back to water.

It was easy to see that mother was still very careful and watched around all the time.

Great to see small swans again like last year.

Regards,
Mika

Swan hiding

I took these photos, when swan came to eat on the crass and hay area. I tried that swan doesn't see me, but I got the feeling that swan tried to hide also, that I don't see it.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photos: Swan hiding
Date: 10th of June, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Editing: Contrast, saturation, sharpness and cropping.

Same place.

Later swan came back to the crass and hay area.

Beautiful and big bird.

Regards,

Mika 

Swans in the Sunset

I was taking sunset photos on our balcony, when there came few swans to the same photo.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Swans in the sunset
Date: 23rd of May, 2017 at 10:48PM

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/2000 sec. f/4 30.5mm ISO 80

Editing: Cropping and sharpening.

More birds. That's great!

Regards,
Mika

Swan ready for take off

I was walking this evening near my home, when I took this photo. Swan was swimming first near where I was walking, when it decided to took off.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Swan ready for take off
Date: 27th of May, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/320 sec. f/6.3 250mm ISO 125

Editing: Sharpening and cropping.

It's awesome to see, that there are more and more birds and summer is coming.

Regards,
Mika

Swans are back

Last year I took some photos about swan on the nest here in Tornio. Now looks that swans are back to the same nest.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photos: Swans are back
Date: 20th/21st of May, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/400 sec. f/7.1 250mm ISO 100

Editing: Sharpening, highlights, contrast, cropping

Shot: 1/500 sec. f/8 250mm ISO 100

Last years swans had the babies around 11th of June. Let's see when it will have this year.

Regards,
Mika

Swans Flying

I was yesterday biking and taking photos, when I saw a flock of swans flying toward south.

Place:   Tornio, Finland
Photos: Flying Swans
Date:    1st of October, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Editing: Cropping, sharpening, highlights down

Here is another flock.

Winter is coming and all swans will fly to south warmer place.

Regards,
Mika

Swan with the babies

Here are two photos of the same swan. There is only one day difference in the photos, but something happened during that one day.

Place: Haparanda, Sweden
Target: Swan with the babies
Date: 11/12th of June, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Editing: Only cropping and sharpening.

Next day the swan was not alone anymore. It was with the small babies.

I went to check the nest also next day, but it was already empty. 

Regards,

Mika