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Barn Swallow feeding his young
There are a number of things I would have liked to have changed when shooting this but things happen quickly and sometimes you just have to take what you get! I was at a field as I was determined to get a swallow in flight (definitely not easy and nearly impossible I have discovered!). In this field there are Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows constantly in motion flying low over the grass. I happened to notice there were a number of young Barn Swallows and the parents kept coming back and were feeding them literally on the fly. A few young ones finally landed in a tree so I stood there patiently waiting for the parents to come by because I had seen them feeding their young and I thought it would make a great image. Well that feeding lasts about all of 2 seconds so not a lot of time. So since I am learning, I wish I had set a bit higher f stop to get the adult in focus as the young bird is. I would have set up on a tripod instead of hand holding for the shot, and I would have stayed a little longer to get more opportunities for a strong image. As it is, this was shot with the Canon T3i, Tamron 150 - 600mm set at 500mm so I could be sure to get both birds in, 1/2000 at ISO 800 and f/6.3. Some shadow lightening in LR, I cloned a branch and leaf out above the birds, and I turned the gray sky blue in PS CC. Handheld, AF.
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