Cliff Swallow

[gary rouleau]

Belen, New Mexico.
Out and about with Doug Brown and Keith Bauer.


Canon MarkIII
Lens 600mm f/4
ISO 500
1/2000 at f/4

cheers
gary

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Very good and sharp! great pose and sure must be a tough adversary for your AF system and BIF ability. I love it. Maybe I would sharpen around the head just a little more. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Not the ideal light IMO, maybe fill flash would have helped here.
Nice pose, detail, exposure and sharpness though.
Congratulations!

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Gary, This is the best image of yours that I have seen. Nice wing position, sharp, a great head angle, and some good work afterwards with the less than ideal light. Keep it up.

[BillTyler]

Nicely done. These guys are really elusive because of their rapid changes of direction. Congratulations.

Bill

[Raymond Barlow]

fantastic image, might suggest a vertical crop., pretty fine details, and the light could not be much better, and still give you enough speed.

[Dave Barnes]

Always great to get these small guys so well captured in flight. I take my hat off to you. Congrats.

[Desmond Chan]

Wonderful, wonderful! Big Congrats, Gary !!

[Doug Brown]

It was a tough photographic morning with the sun at our backs and the wind in our faces. I think it's a great image Gary. Swallows in flight with a tail wind are a real challenge with a 600mm lens. I would boost saturation a bit though.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Light may not be perfect, but I really love this picture. Love the wing spread and what a sharp details you have. This little guy are hard to capture in flight and you did a very good job getting one, i'm really jealous.