Northern Rough-winged Swallow

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken in late spring in a ditch along the roadside. The BG is lawn grass. Taken from my vehicle with the camera resting on the mirror. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1000
f9
1/400s
Manual Mode

[Bill Dix]

Sweet shot, Jim. A species I've yet to capture. Love the perch and the nice HA. Neutral tones of the bird and perch work nicely with the green bg. I'd be tempted to take a slivver off the bottom and add equally to the top.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Stunning image Jim, perfect perch, head angle and lovely BG. I also would add a little on top though.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks Bill and Vivaldo for the comments and suggestions. Here is a repost.

[Karl Egressy]

A real beuty in terks of pose, colors, background and perch. Photographed one but it had the wrong head turn.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Repost is better, yes. A species I only photographed once. Did you need to use audio (or placement near a nest), or was it landing on this perch luck?

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks for the comments Karl and Daniel. I saw two of them landing on this perch frequently and when I drove by they were there. A nest could be nearby but I didn't see it. No audio was used just fortunate timing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome, and great job spotting an opportunity. Thanks for the info :-)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice one! a nice bird and perch. BG is killer and light also. Repost looks quite good.

[Satish Ranadive]

Simple but very very sweet image with wonderful composition.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

Awesome image of this species Jim. The perch quality is top notch. You made the most out of your fortunate timing here. Great light and a perfect head angle.

[Jeannean Ryman]

Really nice perch, background, and wonderful pose. Great details in the bird too. Just lovely!

[James Fuller]

Nice light, background, and sweet perch!

[MohsenVahedipour]

Nice repost. Lovely perch & BG with great details.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent details, love the perch and pose.