birds

[sparsh]

[xalupa]

I believe you are shooting in AUTO mode?

[sparsh]

yes i did shoot them in auto.the first one was manual though

[xalupa]

check your focus sparsh, do not trust in AUTO focus mode.

[Geoff F]

Swans, and other white birds, are always a nightmare to correctly expose, Sparsh.

Unless I am able to correctly spot meter from them I prefer to use some negative exposure compensation. Evaluative metering, I find, always produces a bit of over exposure in cases like this.

Unfortunately, this often produces very dark shadows, and you are approaching that senario here. That is a very difficult scene to correctly meter. Shooting Raw and doing a little 'clever' editing is probably the best option.

What were your camera settings? Your depth of focus seems a little shallow.

I would do a little bit of selective sharpening on the first photo to just give it a little bit of extra pop but not afftecting the background.