
Originally Posted by
Isaac Grant
I have mixed emotions about this shot and think I will be the one to have opposite views. On the one hand the action part is perfect. The open mouth and tongue out is just great. Wing position too as well as the reflection of the bird. Crazy good for such hard to capture flying rockets.
On the other hand there are issues. First off the sun angle was not just right and you have a large shadow under the wing. But the major issue for me is that the colors of the bird and the exposure of the bird are off. I think mostly due to the light. Barn Swallows are much more of an irredescent bluish purple than this pic. The breast is a stronger orange as well. Your bird almost looks like it has a green cast to me. Checked on my computer and my phone and both show the same. The combination of the brightness of the bird, the colors being off and the large shadow under the wing are unfortunate as the action is just killer.
Question was this using daylight white balance?