Northern Rough-winged Swallow

[Matthew Studebaker]

Cuyahoga County, Ohio | July | Canon 1D4 | Canon 600mm f4 IS | 1/500, f9, ISO 200 sound recording

Who would have thought we could get swallows on perches this weekend. What a surprise and treat.

[Kiran Poonacha]

great image, loved the setting, the pose and expo... nicely done... very beautiful bird too...

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely perch, BG, and pose. Didn't know recordings worked on swallows!

[Gal Shon]

BG and light are wonderful. very good Comp as well.
On my monitor the bird looks oversharpened.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Composition, BG and eye contact make this one for me. I might try to get more details in the blacks.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Matthew, I love this as presented. It doesn't look over sharpened to me and there is loads of beautiful detail. It is lovely to see this beautiful bird in such an unusual pose. BTW, I looked at your website - stunning :)

[Bob Kothenbeutel]

Another great image Matthew. What more to say.
Bob

[James Salywoda]

Stunning as always Matthew A species that isn't easy to get perched and you nailed it.

[Alan Murphy]

This is beyond sick.