Rush Hour by Marsel van Oosten

Rush Hour by Marsel van Oosten

This is the second one of my three images that were awarded at the international bird photography competition ‘Festival de l’oiseau et de la nature’ in France. This one features a bunch of whooper swans, shot on our White & Wild Japan tour. As a flock of swans was about to land in the water, I positioned myself so that I could get a semi-backlit shot with my wide-angle lens, and I selected a slowish shutter speed to capture both the motion and the chaos. With shots like this it’s a bit of hit and miss – because of the slow shutter speed it is impossible to precisely time the exposures or to frame the scene perfectly. So I guess you could say that I was just lucky. Marsel | squiver.com WEBSITE | FACEBOOK |

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