TomKal foto

The Black Swan is a bit smaller than our mute swan, its weight does not exceed 7 kilograms, with a wingspan up to 2 meters. It is a bird endemic to Australia, introduced in 1860 on the grounds of New Zealand. To my luck, because even though I've seen them several times in Australia, the pictures taken there were not satisfying. More interesting ones were taken in Auckland, New Zealand in the vicinity of the speedway stadium. To my surprise, on the city pond probably dozens swans could be seen, and they seemed to be tame like our swans on the Baltic Sea in winter, or mallard ducks in city parks. Unfortunately, intense summer sun at midday diminished my joy by causing "overlighted" images. Too bad, because the blackness of their plumage, especially on the long neck, is not easy to expose properly. Swans themselves was not a problem but the lack of time really was  a problem, because it was the day of return to the country and so there was no option to be late, before the departure just a few hours were left. It was interesting that black swans photographed on the lake in New Zealand floated in the company of a large group of canada geese that there, just like here in Poland, are not endemic species.