Project Description

This very unique image was taken in WestHampton Beach. A mute swan came up to me and majestically lowered its head to take a sip of water. I captured the whole motion with a rapid shutter release. In my digital darkroom I thought of showing the entire range of its motion in one image and spent a great deal of time making the overlap of the necks and resulting image look realistic. When finished, the image reminded me of the many headed mythical character Medusa, caution: only view this image in a mirror!