Black Swan

[skyring]

Black Swan,
originally uploaded by skyring.

I was walking beside a river in Frankfurt (I don't know whether it was the Main or a tributary) and I pointed at some water birds, "Look, white swans!"

I was also walking beside Elhamisabel and she looked surprised and then incredible when I explained that sure we had swans in Australia, but they were black.

And here one is. I tried for a close-up, but the combination of swan and photo movement made for an interesting effect.

Comments

[elhamisabel.livejournal.com]

I can't believe never heard of this before you mentioned it. I mean when you told me, I first thought you were joking. And then Sunneschii googled a picture for me. Wow! And if I had read the one book Iwas reading at the time ("This Thing of Darkness" by Harry Thompson) further, i would have read about white and black swans as well.