Alan Murphy
11-20-2009, 11:55 AM
Barn Swallow
Upper Texas Coast
D2Xs, 600, ISO 250, f5.6, 1/250.
I set a stick up next to a small bridge where Barn Swallows were nesting and checked back the next day to find the birds using it as a perch.
I knew I would have the sun at my back in the early morning and that I would have a distant green background. On the morning I decided to shoot, I attached this small Oak perch to top the stick with zip-ties.
Since the bridge was used by cars, I used my car as a blind and was able to get as close as I liked.
The calling pose is nice but I sometimes feel that putting the extra work into the perch can raise the level of your imagery.
I did not have sunlight the morning I took this (It was cloudy), that is why I have a limited DOF. I also added a catchlight to the eye.
Upper Texas Coast
D2Xs, 600, ISO 250, f5.6, 1/250.
I set a stick up next to a small bridge where Barn Swallows were nesting and checked back the next day to find the birds using it as a perch.
I knew I would have the sun at my back in the early morning and that I would have a distant green background. On the morning I decided to shoot, I attached this small Oak perch to top the stick with zip-ties.
Since the bridge was used by cars, I used my car as a blind and was able to get as close as I liked.
The calling pose is nice but I sometimes feel that putting the extra work into the perch can raise the level of your imagery.
I did not have sunlight the morning I took this (It was cloudy), that is why I have a limited DOF. I also added a catchlight to the eye.