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    Spent the last couple days shooting swallows so guess they're the next "series"... shoot what you have, right?
    Anyhoo, here's another from the local area. Barn Swallow.

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    Last edited by Jay Ing; 07-02-2021 at 12:07 PM.

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    Terrific pose and I don't mind the angled light. I'm not the one to comment on sharpness!
    Having tried and generally failed to get a inflight swallow shot- respect.

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    Awesome capture Jay, well done, they are not easy to capture and you got it pin sharp congrats. Nice color too

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    Jay, such a sweet canvas and composition. The fully splayed dorsal view is awesome and I like the spattering of blue and orange in the bkg.

    For me, there is just a touch of motion blur on the head which makes this an 'almost'. Not to take away from the great technique just to get this.

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    love the dynamic pose, super! the head is sharp and doesn't have motion blur but the double catchlight gives that impression, I'd fix it

    in a super perfect world you'd get more iridescence on the top side

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    Awesome pose and a very hard get... Love the colors. TFS

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    Hi Jay ... again a really cool shot of yours .
    Must be very hard to get , and you did slight better to achieve some sort of sharpness .
    Colors looking good .

    Wondering what others see in terms of sharpness and the details on the darker parts .... it is lacking sharpness , tonal range and has tons of noise , specially in the dark flat areas . Just my take ...

    Might be a very large crop that is causing the majority of the issues , that I do see .

    Nevertheless I lift my hat for your field work .

    TFS Andreas

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    Looks like motion blur on the head to me (but what the heck do I know?)

    Same question as for the one above: how large a crop? Yes to a stunning pose with the bird's back being somewhat in the dark ...

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    Love the pose.

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