Photo Sharing. Your Photos Look Better Here. | SmugMug : river : D037-2013 Mute swans in calm water. Some of the best light for photographing swans on the Huron River is in the winter, on sunny days. One nice little touch in this photo is that the water is calm enough to reflect the water drops falling from the beak of each swan (though the one in the rear isn't in as sharp focus as the one in the foreground.) Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan February 6, 2013