Barn Swallow Crusin By

[Bill Sharkey]

Spent a couple days shooting barn, tree, rough and bank swallows. My only problems were the fire ants and black flies.

Image shot at 1/1600, f7.1, ISO 800, using the Canon MIII and 400 f5.6 lens, no flash. Handheld using bushhawk.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2573541732_2360ba4227_o.jpg

Thanks for looking

Bill

[Joe Senzatimore]

Good detail and a great BG.

[LouBuonomo]

Nice catch !! The eye contact makes this for me

[Jim Poor]

Wow, this has almost a 3D effect to it with the smooth water in the background. You even got a nice little head turn to boot. Well done!

[Doug Brown]

Super job Bill. It takes patience and a little luck to get a great flight shot of a barn swallow. Looks like you had a little of both. The BG is a bonus. Thanks for posting!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

These are such a challenge to capture and you did a superb job on this one. Love the flight pose and BG. Many thanks for sharing Bill.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool capture, light, iridescence and BG. The look back helps since the bird already passed you. I like it a lot, thanks for sharing.

[Steve Canuel]

Neat image. The BG texture adds to the feel of speed on this.
Steve

[Raul Quinones]

I like this one a lot. Love the sharp bird and blurry background, excellent panning on this "bullet".

[Jay Tan]

Cool capture of this speedy bullet. Very good details and nice look back!

[Bill Sharkey]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments

Bill

[Jody Melanson]

Nice job on these speeding bullet, Bill. I really like the water texture and colour.

[Bill Sharkey]

Thanks Jody, sometimes the water does give an interesting BG.

Bill