Rowers and swans

It's not unusual to find rowing clubs and swans co-existing on a river. Rowers seem to want want deepish, clear water with a spot for a club house and boat store, in a location near the centre of a settlement. Swans (invariably mute swans) also like a location frequented by people because that is somewhere they can guarantee being fed! Of course conflicts can arise when the fast, sleek boats meet the slow, stately swans. But, with good will, they usually co-exist. One such location is the centre of the city of Worcester. These rowers stopped rowing and gently glided into the flock of swans that is usually found here. On the day I took this photograph the number of swans on this stretch of the River Severn was about four times the number seen in my shot.

photos © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon Z 5

Resting rowers on the River Wye

A cold, early morning walk that took in the River Wye at Ross presented an opportunity for a photograph that included the mist over the water and the rowers from the nearby rowing club. But they made me wait for it, almost to the point where I couldn't include both subjects in my shot. However, with some judicious movement on my part and a period of recuperating rest on the part of the rowers, I managed it.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon Z 5