Almost Grown

[John Robinson]

Sand martins ready to leave for Africa.
They would all gather around a small pool where my hide was situated, and sit on reed stems in their dozens. Difficult shot in the evening and the stem was bouncing up and down all the time. Got some nice stuff on Willow herb too.
D7000
Sigma 50-500mm125th @f8
800 Iso Slight crop.
Levels in paint Shop Pro.
They won't be there again as the sand quarry has now been filled in.

Not my sharpest of shots but can't have it all !
Cheers
JohnR

[Bill McDonald]

Everything works for me here ... the BG is excellent and the expressions are fabulous! Looks to me pretty pretty sharp ... I would be ecstatic with this one if it was mine

[Ian Wilson]

Looks like a good effort in the circumstances John. Love the 'dorky' expressions on their faces. Regards, Ian

[John Robinson]

Thanks both. It was a pleasant couple of days whilst it lasted I will admit.
Thanks for bothering to look and coment.
John

[Enrique Patino]

great looking trio. great comp and colors. Just a tad over saturated for me.

[Richard Flack]

Oh wow John, this is a very special image. Such a cute subject, awesome BG and lovely detail on all 3 (given the circumstances). Well done! Awesome!

[Binu John]

Excellent shot, John! You got all the birds sharp and with excellent HAs. Beautiful light and BG!

[Greg Oakley]

Beautiful frame John!
I love the 3 individual poses and what a cracking background!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image John. Amazing that you captured all three in a nice head position. A wonderful background to compliment the birds and reed. Thank you for sharing.

[Grace Scalzo]

Cute! Love the three little ones and their poses. They look very inquisitive. Colors of the background are just a bit strong for my taste and the details on the top one look a bit smeary.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the poses, perch, BG and composition. Nice image John.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
Grace- like I said- Iwas lucky to get anything near sharp! As each bird landed the perch would bounce up and down like on a spring. As you know, birds have the abiklity to keep the head still whist moving up and down, so thats why the heads are better than the rest.
Cheers
Thanks again
JohnR

[Joel Eade]

Agree with others.....mega-cute. I like how two of them are obviously looking at something down to the right and the middle one just doesn't seem to care about it!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

They say good things always comes in packs of three!
Very nice one indeed, and with nice light. I would try to tone the BG light and colour, a tad is I believe is a tad overpowering. Thanks for sharing.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
Yes the evening sun has brought out the colours in the Willow herb and Ragwort and other flowers in the back.plus the red sany earth. I left it to try to convey the time of day. I,ll have a play later- should be easy enough .
Thanks
JohnR

[John Robinson]

Any better ?
Cheers
JohnR

[David Salem]

No. I like the first one much better with the color in the BG. Also the repost has turned the birds a green hue. I really like this frame and the poses are all great and look very inquisitive. The thin perch and the multi colored Bg set this one off nicely. One of my faves from you!

[John Robinson]

Thanks David- confirms what I thought !!!
John

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image of sweet and cute ones.

Regards,
Satish.

[William Dickson]

The first one John, a very nice image indeed. well done mate