Purple Martins Lining Up

[Daniel Cadieux]

These five were part of a much larger group of fledged Purple Martins that were perching and flying everywhere. This particular fivesome looked good all lined up diagonally on a maple branch. Closing the aperture two full stops to make sure all five were sharp, and waiting for cooperation on good head angles from all were two important things to think about to make it a successful frame. At least they stayed there for a while!

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II, evaluative metering, manual exposure, 1/500s., f/8, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF.

[dankearl]

Very nice work getting 5 in nice poses.
This looks very warm, maybe that was the light but it seems too warm to me
for Martins.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks! Yep, about 20 minutes after sunrise with that rich warm light.

[Brian Sump]

So cool Daniel.

I'm not familiar with Martins, but appears maybe a type of swallow?

[Arthur Morris]

Outstanding and amazing. Which ones are the juvies?

with love, a

[Arthur Morris]

So cool Daniel.

I'm not familiar with Martins, but appears maybe a type of swallow?

Yes, they are the largest of our swallow species.

with love, artie

ps: get yourself a copy of Sibley :)

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Fun image, with four looking in the same direction, and mr. fluffy contrarian looking his own way. Perch nice, leaves add without overpowering the birds. Nice job on DOF.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Five in a row. No mean feat. Well captured.

[Brian Sump]

Yes, they are the largest of our swallow species.

with love, artie

ps: get yourself a copy of Sibley :)

Copy. And.... copy purchased. Thanks.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot Dan, the birds are in the right place and so are the leaves.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys!

Artie, for sure the top four birds are juvies. The bottom one perhaps one is of the earliest hatched, but it does look "older". It did behave similarly as the others as food approached.

[gail bisson]

This is such a fun frame Daniel. 5 birds and all sharp. Love the soft light.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Dan, wonderful image, five birds lined up perfectly. The Maple leaves bring back memories when I lived north. I also was thinking a little too warm when I first saw the image but you were there. Thank you for sharing.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great job on getting them all sharp. It's nice when everything comes together to create an image like this. Well done Daniel.

[David Roach]

The position and pose of all five plus the maple leaves hand held at FF... You have the patience of a saint... Not to mention the skills... TFS

[John Mack]

Killer frame all around. Love those maple leaves.

[arash_hazeghi]

wow so many lined up perfectky for you. what happened to social distancing eh ?

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

What a beautiful frame Dan. Love the line up and the perch.