Taken with Nikon D3s 600 VR, 1/3200 sec at F7.1, ISO 720. I used a beanbag and a panning plate.
Taken with Nikon D3s 600 VR, 1/3200 sec at F7.1, ISO 720. I used a beanbag and a panning plate.
Last edited by Vivaldo Damilano; 01-12-2011 at 02:58 PM.
A tough shot to get, but you've done a good job here with excellent sharpness, wing position, and eye contact! The darks seem a little noisy as presented. I think you could make them a bit darker and that would help with the noise. Also the head seems slightly oversharpened.
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Vivaldo, really cool shot and one that I'm sure is tough to get. I agree that there is a lot of noise in the dark feathers. Not sure if that's from lightening in post-processing or what but like Doug said, it would be good to work on that area.
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Thanks Doug and Greg appreciate :) i have edited the image, hopefully it's a improvement Tx.
Looks better, although I would probably run some light NR on the dark feathers. Please don't remove the original image when doing reposts. Just include the repost as a reply in the thread. That way people can follow along better and hopefully learn.
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I agree about the noise. BTW, I think this bird is a Red-rumped Swallow, not a Barn Swallow, but I'm severely out of my depth when it comes to African birds.
Amazing capture
Possibly a Mosque Swallow - ref Roberts "dark crown extending to eye level only"...
otherwise red breasted.
Maybe a Lesser Striped Swallow. Vivaldo, was it streaked on the breast?
Well done on a hard-to-get shot. Loved the dorsal view and the perfect wing spread for this kind of shot.
I like the wing position and eye contact. Well done!
Thanks for comments appreciated :) Agree ID is not correct, thanks Gerrie for help on ID. It a Greater Striped Swallow. I also agree with the noise in shadow area, will re-edit later TX.
Cool flight image, like the bg.
Paul I only managed to get one image of this bird, they are so fast. If I am correct the Lesser Striped Swallow has much thicker black stripes compared to the Greater Striped Swallow. Looking at the side of this birds face, one can see very thin stripes. I think ID is definitely the Greater Striped Swallow.![]()
Vivaldo, every spring there are tons of barn swallows that make nest's under a dock near my house and I have yet to get a decent in flight shot. They are super fast and unpredictable. I would image your greater striped swallows are just as fast!
You did a great job getting this full wings spread :)
Thanks Noelle, they are super fast subjects. I have tried for years to get them in flight, they are so so difficult to capture.:) I have tryed again, darken shadows and applied some NR.
Great repost Vivaldo, and this is a greater stripped swallow. The orange on the lesser goes below the eye and across the ear. Well captured in full flight BTW.
Great capture Vivaldo especially with the full wing and tail spread, well done. Ditto Stuart on i.d..