White Throated Swallow

[Dumay de Boulle]

Captured at Mankwe hide in the Pilanesburg National Park. BG is Bushveld and water.
Canon 7D
Canon 400 f5.6 L
TV 1/1000
AV f8
ISO 800
Exp + 0.67
Subject Distance 6.5m
Evaluative Metering
AWB
RAW file Processed in CS5 Mac

Comments and crits appreciated...striving to improve.

[DanWalters]

Nice timing. Really like the feet and the sharp head.

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent timing and super detail and colours. The head is nice and sharp well captured

[Pieter de Waal]

Great capture, nice angle of approach with sharp head and good colours. Would like to see the near wing more extended as I am sure you do, but not so easy in real life.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Killer image Dumay, love the landing pose. The bird is really sharp and it has great colour in the BG TFS

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks guys for the comments!

[Nico Steenberg]

WOW, this is out of this world sir :eek:

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great capture, nice angle of approach with sharp head and good colours. Would like to see the near wing more extended as I am sure you do, but not so easy in real life.

Ditto Pieter...a more extended near wing wold have been terrific. Still a difficult image to create, you've done well. Was this individual hovering against some strong wind, or ajust approaching for a landing?

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic Shot Dumay!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks guys...Daniel it was approaching for a landing....Cloned out a part of the perch that came about a CM into the frame.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks Dumay. That cloned-out perch could have been neat to keep if it would have been longer in than just 1cm in the frame! I think it was wise to clone it out...