Barn Swallow

[Ian Cassell]

Some day I'll manage to get a decent image of one of these speed-demons in-flight. This was at EB Forsythe NWR, Oceanville, NJ

Canon 7D
Canon 500/4
1/640 sec f/6.3 ISO 500

CS6 for a touch of sharpening. Nearly full-frame.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Ian,

Nice picture of a challenging subject to capture. What was the time, is this morning light? The only nit; the perch is bright and coming from the foreground pulls the eye a bit,..on balance nice job.

Was this HH, could be sharper and more detail could make this sweet shoot even stronger. Thanks for posting and PLEASE keep em coming.

One more thing, I like the shooting angle, different and the top side is not often seen, very original.

Full frame nice,..how close were you?

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks, Jeff. This is late afternoon light. The little guy was on a stair railing below me at the lookout deck at EB Forsythe NWR (Oceanville, NJ). The lens rested on the fence railing (so, not quite HH). I'll tone down the perch a bit. I was at MFD of my 500.

[Bob Miller]

HI Ian...The perch has already been mentioned! If it were mine I would clone out at least some of the high contrast spots....but nicely sharp and a great angle!

[Kerry Perkins]

Nice work on this one Ian, not much to add to above comments. I have driven myself mad trying to shoot swallows in flight! At least that's one explanation...

[Loi Nguyen]

Ian, very nice image. Beautiful bird. I see a bit of noise in the BG. The bird eye looks sharp enough for me, but some of the details on the feathers do not show well. I suspect may be a little under-expose perhaps or DOF at 6.3 since you were at MFD. did you convert the image using DPP? If so, what were the readings of your highlights ? Loi