Spring Time Tree Swallow.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ah, it was finally a nice spring weekend...after the long winter we had to endured (even with all those Snowy Owls) it is a refreshing change! A bit of an impromptu setup as I was not at that location for Tree Swallows but when I saw they were cooperating I had to try them on a nicer perch:S3:

Canon 7D + 500mm F/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/8, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, darkened pupil, lightened iris, audio used to lure subject onto perch.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Thats beautiful Daniel. A stunning little bird. I really like the perch with the open pods. Nice b/g the texture matches the bird.

[Binu John]

Very nice shot of the Tree Swallow! These guys are really hard to expose right, but you nailed the exposure here. Love that feather details, head angle and the perch. Very nice background too. I see some banding in the background, but not sure whether it's my monitor or not.

[Terry Johnson]

A beauty. I love the color and the shine...Terry

[Diane Miller]

The PERFECT perch for this little guy!

(Banding here, too. Small nit.)

[William Dickson]

Lovely bird Daniel. The colours are awesome.

[Kaido Rummel]

Very beautiful bird with lovely colors and pose, nice and smooth background. Love it!

[John Robinson]

Good one Daniel
Like the perch and the darks on the bird handled just right. We,ve had a pretty good Spring so far too.
Cheers
John

[David Salem]

Perfect pose, HA and perch for this beautiful little Swallow. The colors are great and the varied BG really looks nice with the birds colors. Nice frame Daniel

[Amol Khedgikar]

Lovely picture. You got everything working for you in this one. the pose, HA, the perch, the "feature" in the perch adds so much. the whites are good, above all you got the perfect angle from the sun to show off the beautiful sheen on the feathers... LIke it

[Holger Leyrer]

Very nice image. Sweet bird with wonderful eye contact. The colors and details are great. Perfect pose, perch and BG.