Tree Swallow Parent and Nestling.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I was pretty happy to find a natural nest for this species, but unfortunately I was only there one evening before the young fledged. Luckily for me they made a couple of quick cameos...

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/125s., f/7.1, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, darkened the pupils, NR to the bit of background in ULC (I should have applied some on the tail too).

[Adhika Lie]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the head angle of the baby. Very inquisitive. And the detail in the white and the viridian feathers is exceptional, Dan.

[Ashkan Ojaghi]

Hi Daniel,
looks great with the head angles matching, and the natural nest adds to its beauty. I agree with you about NR on the tail and probably on the dark-colored wingtips. But all in all, it is indeed a great picture!
Cheers

[Ian McLachlan]

Agree with all of the above .The soft greens and old tree trunk add to it all even though they are a very strong background.The exception which proves etc etc.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel;

The matching head angles are great, sense of some action going on, nice trunk, detail but not distracting. Well exposed.

Glad you got the opportunity.


Cheers

Randy

[John Mack]

Nice to see some tree swallows in a actually tree. Like the look back pose and the little one in the tree.

[Marina Scarr]

Oh boy, this is one heck of a frame, Daniel! Love seeing the adult posed to the left and the chick in the cavity. The colors are awesome.