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Tree Swallow and Young: Airborne feeding!
This is a good time of year to go to the park across the street to catch the Tree and Barn Swallows feeding their young. Often times the young fly up to meet the adults in mid-air and the exchange is fun to watch! It is much easier to set up a tripod though when the young are in a nearby tree and await the adults coming back to make a quick exchange. With bright clouds this was a challenge especially since the bellies are white but I was pleased with this shot of an adult Tree Swallow and his youngster. I actually got one shot where the adults head is halfway down the fledglings throat but the wings weren't in a good position! This is mid morning on June 23rd. Processed in PS CC, cloned out some OOF branches, cropped about 20%.
Canon 7D Mark II, Tamron 150-600mm, 483mm, ISO1600, 1/4000, f/8.0, tripod, remote shutter release