Silhouetted Barn Swallow

[Mike Lentz]

Taken last night up at a freinds cabin. Its hard to relax without a camera even on a holiday! :)



Nikon D300 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 with 1.4x TC
ISO 400 ~ F/7.1 ~ 1/8000 sec ~ - 2 1/3 EV

[Desmond Chan]

As far as I can tell, this could very well be a silhouette of a bank swallow :D I don't think I can comment on the feather details and how well exposed the bird is :) but a pretty background I can see. I personally would like to have more negative space in this photo since I think - I could be wrong here - the selling point is more the background rather than the bird itself.

Oh, the head angle seems to be a bit off, too, if that means anything. :)

[Stu Bowie]

Perfect silhouette, and I like the curves formed from the pose. Certainly stands out against the lighter BG, but would maybe blend in the darker area in the URC.

[Fabs Forns]

If the colors in the BG were warmer, this would fare much better IMO. Silhouette is very sharp, which is a plus.

[Mike Lentz]

Good call on the warming up idea, Fabs. Grazi!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great repost, a little too saturated but a big difference. I might suggest blurring the BG more. Congratulations.

[Mike Lentz]

Thanks for commenting, Ramon! Another good idea on the BG blurring.