White Swan, Pond, Niagara Shores Park

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White Swan, Pond, Niagara Shores Park
White Swan, Pond, Niagara Shores Park

I found myself in Niagara-on-the Lake (NOTL to locals) yesterday and took advantage of the opportunity to revisit Niagara Shores Park on the West end of town at the Four Mile Creek and on the South Shore of Lake Ontario (just behind me as I took this shot), The park is not too well known since the marking is minimal and it is not obvious as you drive bar. In spite of being small it has a certain charm. One of the things I like about the park is the cat-tail-bordered pond. I was fortunate to get there when a white swan was there and this is the image I captured using a panorama format to preserve the feel of the spot. FYI: If you are seeing this image on Instagram, the panoramic format is sacrificed to get a more reasonable format for that site. - JW

Date Taken: 2024-05-13
Date PP: 2024-05-14

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Tech Details:

Taken using a hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an Tamron 100-400mm 1:4.5-6.3 DI VC USD lense set to 400mm, ISO320 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Aperture Priority Mode, f/7.1, 1/800 sec with an EV-0.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source GIMP from Nikon RAW/NEF file: scale image to 9000 px wide, crop to XPan format ( 24:65) to get rid of a lot of distracting wind-rippled water, use the Shadows/Highlights tool to bring down the highlight areas i.e. the swan body, further recover highlights in the swan body by using Tone Curve 2 in Parametric mode, apply some noise reduction, sharpen slightly (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: scale image up to 11000 px wide by (approx) 4000 px high, very slightly increase overall contrast, slightly sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on bottom, save, scale image to 5000 px wide for posting online, sharpen, save.

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Taken on: May 13, 2024
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Camera: Nikon D800, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 400mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D800
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length: 400mm
ISO: 320
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Manual
Light Source: Fine Weather
Color Space: sRGB
Software: GIMP 2.10.38
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