Welcome swallow - Juv

[Mervyn Marsh]

Plenty of Welcome Swallows at WTP on Sunday, this shot was taken at 4pm when the light seeped through the clouds breifly..

species
Common Name: Welcome Swallow
Scientific Name: Hirundo neoxena

Date: 5/05/2015

Location: WTP

Camera Details
Brand/Model: Canon EOS 1dx
Lens: Canon 500mm mk ii

Camera Settings
ISO: 800
F-Stop: f/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/2500s

Exposure Bias/Metering/Flash: +0.7 step

Technique: Hand-held

Attraction Aides: NONE

Post Production: full frame image with slight sharpening on resized file.

Notes: taken one of the ponds.


Cheers,

Merv

[Richard Stern]

Very pleasant, with good placement of the bird in the frame, good eye contact, and a sharp and well exposed bird. I presume the bg is water in the pond below the bird.

Richard

[arash_hazeghi]

this a tough specie to get in flight against a BG like this and you did very well here, the swallow is sharp, I wish the far wing had a better position and the iridescent colors would come out better if the sun was right behind you.

a very difficult frame executed well, TFS