Trumpeter swan standing silently in the shallow water at Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin, with its perfect reflection

A Perfect Pose

July 06, 20241 min read

Wildlife - Rarely

There are many great wildlife photographers in this world - and I'm not one of them.

Rarely do I take wildlife images. (I don't have the patience).

A Rarity

On this given day, I was driving through Horicon National Wildlife Refuge when - not far off the road in the shallow water - was this trumpeter swan.

Perfectly calm surface. I couldn't resist. A perfect mirror image.

Heart-Shaped

If you look at the swan from the left, with the curvature of its neck and reflection, together it looks like a heart.

Aren’t the patterns in nature interesting?

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