This swan allowed me to get within 3/4 feet of him/her: I know this cause manual focus lens and thats what I set the focus to while using 10 x digital on live view while focussing.
Canon 5D mk III Carl Zeiss 35 f/2 at f/8 1/250 ISO 400 converted to black and white in silver efex
waterhead-swan-bw by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
in colour
waterhead-swan by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
This is one from last year with my 5D mk II: Chapel Stile from the lane that runs behind the school and village - fond memories of good weather that was also good photographic weather
Canon 5D mk II EF 70 - 200 f/2.8 IS L (mark I) at 70mm f/20 1/200 ISO 400
I have become friends with the owners of Waterhead coffee shop and this is the owner's son who is home from Sheffield Uni. The overcast conditions yesterday morning actually helped to diffuse the light as I have made few modifications to this shot
Canon 5D mk III Carl Zeiss 35 f?2 at f/6.3 1/80 ISO 200
Tom-'hard'-at-work by
singingsnapper, on Flickr