Tree Swallow "Free Flight"

[James Salywoda]

Tree Swallow
Southern California

These little birds are a challenge and actually help to keep your reflexes ready for the action.
Anybody that wants to shoot birds in flight should practice in areas that keep you busy trying.
This is not a setup The bg is water

Nikon D7000 AFS 600 F 4 1.4 TC Wimberely 2 head
1/3200 ISO 1000 F8

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[annmpacheco]

Oh yeah!!! your speed and skill here should qualify you for gunslinger of the West... or something like that. I appreciate this flawless image. Blink and you'd miss all of what you captured here. Yahoo

[Dan Brown]

Sweet capture, James! I see you are using the D7000 at 3200 ISO! Very smooth for the $$$! Did you crop much and use much NR? Just curious and interested in the D7000.

[James Salywoda]

Sweet capture, James! I see you are using the D7000 at 3200 ISO! Very smooth for the $$$! Did you crop much and use much NR? Just curious and interested in the D7000.

Thanks for the comments..... its an incredible camera I have no problems shooting at ISO 1600 were I would only shoot up to 800 on my D300. This is a 40% crop but the extra pixels are a big plus since it has 16.2 megapixels. : - ) no noise reduction was used this picture was ISO 1000 that Common Goldeneye I posted a few days ago was ISO 1600 and no noise reduction.

[Dan Brown]

Thanks for the comments..... its an incredible camera I have no problems shooting at ISO 1600 were I would only shoot up to 800 on my D300. This is a 40% crop but the extra pixels are a big plus since it has 16.2 megapixels. : - ) no noise reduction was used this picture was ISO 1000 that Common Goldeneye I posted a few days ago was ISO 1600 and no noise reduction.

OOps my mistake, James! None the less, 40% crop, ISO 1000 and no NR! Impressive for the $$$!!1

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Very nice capture at ISO 1000

[Pieter de Waal]

Excellent capture with great detail and good light. Love the eye contact and colour on the crown.

[Ofer Levy]

Killer!!!!

[Kristin Brown]

What can I say? FANTASTIC IMAGE!!
Congrats Jim!

[Mikko Viljamaa]

Wow - extremely well done with a small bird and 840 mm focal length.

Mikko

[Doug Brown]

Pretty sweet Jim. Looks great for ISO 1000 and no NR.

[Neil Nourse]

Very Impressive!!
These guys are bullets.....

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Wow ! Shows your immense skill to make this image . Geat irisidence on the head and lovely wing position !!

[denise ippolito]

James, You got another great post! Lovely pose and details. I like the signature clean BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

super Jim, very few people can get this sharp :)

[Jim Crosswell]

Great flight image James! I like the wing position, exposure and sharpness.

[Dumay de Boulle]

WOW!!! The best in flight image I have seen of a Swallow of any kind...Light, exp and IQ are top class...Super stuff James..I am loving your work

[James Salywoda]

Thanks for the comments everyone.