Greater Striped Swallow

[Stu Bowie]

This was taken in the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve at the end of last year. The BG is as shot, and is OOF grass. This angle has captured his colours perfectly.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @ 400mm
1/800
F/6.3
ISO 640

Hand held from within a hide.

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely soft light, BG, and look back pose. I would crop a bit from the left, and maybe give it a little more space at the top.

Well done!

[Fabs Forns]

Very good job in showing the colors. BG is a great backdrop for the subject. I am fine with the cop as presented.

[Octavio Campos Salles]

Nice and sharp, colors are very good. Beautiful swallow.

[Lorant Voros]

I like the position; showing the color while having eye contact by the head turn. Nice BG and exposure and a beautiful bird.

[Tell Dickinson]

Love the pose angle so we see all those lovely colours, nice head turn and good oof bg, wish it were mine :)

If I was being really piccy, I would have just liked the tail feathers tips to also be in focus.

Tell

[Mital Patel]

fantastic capture nice details.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, details, angle and BG. If it were mine, I would give it more room at the top and a bit less on the left side.

[Tony Whitehead]

Beautifully done, Stuart. The colours and feather textures are lovely and your DOF has covered the subject well while rendering that superb BG

[Morkel Erasmus]

this is sweet Stu! one of your best IMO!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Fabulous lighting Stuart! I like the pose and eye contact, a slightly more turned body would have given you the sharpness throughout. But with that gorgeous BG I don't fuss too much mate. Well done!

[Arthur Morris]

Quite stunning. Love the perfect EXP, the view of the back, the look-ak HA, the SH, and the BKGR. And the fluffed breast featehrs put it over the top for me.

[Raymond Barlow]

excellent image of a beautiful bird., if anything, maybe a little tight on the verticle dimension.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Lovely swallow.
Love the colors here and the killer BG.

[Dan Brown]

WOW,WOW,WOW!!! Love this to death! Great bird, exp, BG!:eek:

[Steve Canuel]

It's all been said above Stuart. Nice comp, colors, subject, BG, and details. Well done.

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose, colours and BG excellent capture

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super image Stuart! Super pose and love the colours! Well done!

[Stephen Earle]

This is excellent Stu. I really admire the sharpness you get from your pics. Very crisp indeed.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. I appreciate it.