I’ve been to Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando many times, but I don’t think I ever stopped to just see the swans. I was surprised to see how many of them were actually living in the lake, and how many cygnets (baby swan) were there as well. I sat on a park bench and watched as they would take their turns coming up to the shore, unafraid and curious. It reminded me that as a child I used to love to draw swans, too. So as I photographed them I focused on the parts of the swan that I’ve always found amazingly beautiful, being their beaks, neck, ruffled feathers and the unique reflection they cast from the natural elegance they possess.
Swans fill Lake Eola, which is memorable for its fountain that was recently turned back on after it was struck by lightening.
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I’m sure this swan pose inspired the design of many “swan boats” that can be ridden by visitors of Lake Eola.
Photographing through the railings of a bridge nearby.
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Learning how to catch food.
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The towering buildings in the background cast a reflection among the swans from every point of the lake.
They are beautiful! It’s a shame they’re mean like geese. :-)
I didn’t know you lived in Florida. My boyfriend’s father lives in Deltona.
Renee, I do live in Florida, although originally from Wisconsin. I’ve been here for a couple years now, only 25 minutes from downtown Orlando. I’ve been slowly, but surely making my way around the state, taking photos along the way ;) Deltona is a little over a half hour from Orlando, too.
Yes, it is. :-)
I’ve been there many times. His father worked for Disney for years and retired, so he gets us in free. We’re actually probably going to be there next month. I took a couple days off for Lilith Fair in West Palm and it was cancelled, so I’m either just going to work thhose days or take a mini vacation.
I’m in Tallahassee.
I don’t know what part of WI you’re from, but my mom moved to Elkhorn a few years ago. I grew up in upstate New York.