Lesser Striped Swallow

[Stephen Earle]

40D, 300 f2.8 + 1.4x conv., ISO 320, 1/2000, f5.0. Taken at the Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg Game reserve, South Africa.

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb image Stephen, the BG is terrific but I think that the blue is a bit oversaturated. The pose of the bird is fantastic and the details excelent

[Ramon M. Casares]

Terrific! The colours are fantastic! The pose is grerat, sharpness and details as well as eye contact and pose are outstanding too! Congratulaitons!

[Nagesh Mula]

Simply Amazing!!
Everything in this picture (Highlights, Sharpness, BG) are perfect.
The only nit is the head angle which with a slight degree to the right would have made this even better in my opinion.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful detail and pose, I wish you could have gotten him with a solid BG as is it competes with the Swallow for my attention but thats really just a minor nit.

[Doug Brown]

Fabulous pose and sharpness. Great light too. I would bring the blues down a notch or two though.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice pose and light. BG is oversaturated. Did you blur the BG in this post?

[Neil Losin]

What a beautiful swallow. I like the graded BG, though I also think it's so saturated that it distracts from the swallow a bit. Still, a really excellent shot!

[Linda Robbins]

Stunning pose, beautiful light and razor sharp. I like the graduated colors in the background, but does seem a little oversaturated. Gorgeous image!

[Raymond Barlow]

wow, sweet image, great action, and sharp!

[Stephen Earle]

Thx everyone for your comments. The bg is oof water and grassland and it I only applied some nr to it. I made several images in this series of which several have one coloured bg's. I stood on my toes when I made this image as I wanted the dual tone bg. Your input with regard to the saturation is noted.

[Stu Bowie]

The swallow is pin sharp Stephen, and love the raised wing. I think the BG is amazing.

[Rosl Roessner]

Big Congrat! This is a fantastic image! Great pose, details and mood! I love it!