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    gary rouleau
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    Default Cliff Swallow

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    Ákos Lumnitzer
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    Very good and sharp! great pose and sure must be a tough adversary for your AF system and BIF ability. I love it. Maybe I would sharpen around the head just a little more. Thanks for sharing. :)

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    Not the ideal light IMO, maybe fill flash would have helped here.
    Nice pose, detail, exposure and sharpness though.
    Congratulations!

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    Hey Gary, This is the best image of yours that I have seen. Nice wing position, sharp, a great head angle, and some good work afterwards with the less than ideal light. Keep it up.
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    Nicely done. These guys are really elusive because of their rapid changes of direction. Congratulations.

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    fantastic image, might suggest a vertical crop., pretty fine details, and the light could not be much better, and still give you enough speed.

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    Always great to get these small guys so well captured in flight. I take my hat off to you. Congrats.

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    Wonderful, wonderful! Big Congrats, Gary !!

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    It was a tough photographic morning with the sun at our backs and the wind in our faces. I think it's a great image Gary. Swallows in flight with a tail wind are a real challenge with a 600mm lens. I would boost saturation a bit though.
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    Light may not be perfect, but I really love this picture. Love the wing spread and what a sharp details you have. This little guy are hard to capture in flight and you did a very good job getting one, i'm really jealous.

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