It's a picture like out of a KLM advert. But no flight embarrassment here. A mute swan makes its landing over the polder near Empel. No trace of flying shame, then. A majestic flight with that typical whistling sound only mute swans make. You only hear that sound when they fly almost straight above you. If you want to photograph them in flight, you're often too late because of this. when you hear them, they have flown over. I saw this one coming from afar. And it stayed on course. You have to be lucky sometimes.
i once was a journalist working for dutch regional newspapers. the writing kind, not a photographer then. in the last years of my carreer in newspaperland i ended up as a freelance photojournalist en photographer, combining photography and writing. and now i am retired and my profession has.. Read more…