Northern Rough-winged Swallow

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I went to a local lake this morning and hoped to find Purple Martins but they were not around. Since I never got a chance to photograph Rough-winged Swallows I was not too disappointed. :)



1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/320s, f/8, EC +1, ISO 400, cropped from horizontal

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely. Nice perch, BG, and vertical comp. Set-up?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Lovely. Nice perch, BG, and vertical comp. Set-up?

Thanks, Aidan! No, the swallow chose this branch on its own.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks. I have yet to photograph a swallow on a decent perch.

[thijs broekkamp]

Beautiful image, very nice background

[Connie Mier]

An interesting looking swallow, and skillfully captured. I'm not liking the perch, it seems to compete with the bird's warm tones.

[stuart wanuck]

lovely soft natural colors with detail

[Daniel Cadieux]

This guy sure chose a nice perch for you. Perfect BG. The vertical comp was the way to go.

[James Jerome]

The pose, perch and pleasing background gradient are quite nice. This species spends a lot of time in flight; finding one on such a nice perch is a great opportunity. Nicely done.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Beautiful image and swallow Axel. The BG is killer as is the pose. I wish the beak was more in focus and the perch a bit darker.

[John Blumenkamp]

Great image all around in my book... well composed, great detail and pose, with a nice complimentary background. Very nice!

[Ryan Schain]

Axel,

What a fantastic moment to have this species land on such a perfect perch. They nest under bridges and in other inaccessible places, so aside from during nest building, they are a serious pain to photograph at rest. I give you major props for this one.

Exposure is perfect, the background is outstanding, and the bird is nice and sharp. Great great job.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice Axel, I like everything here, well done.

[Randy Stout]

Axel:

Nicely exposed, I like the perch, esp. the green that pulls in the BG colors somewhat. Birds pose very nice.
Love the display of the delicate feet.

Cheers

Randy

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

All has been said Axel. congratulations on a beautiful image and such a stunning BG.

[Malcolm Benn]

Fabulous image, congrats.

[Harshad Barve]

This is such a sweet image
TFS