I've never had much luck capturing swallows in flight -- they're just too small and fast for me. But I thought I'd share this attempt at getting a juvi coming in for a landing on a signpost at Sandy Hook, where a flock of fledglings was gathering. Could have used another stop down.
D90 | 500f4 + 1.4 TC | ISO 800 | 1/4000s @ f6.3 | +0.3 EV
Pretty darned good. Like the SH and EXP. Bummer that the head is turned away a smidge as it resulted in the face being lit less than ideally....
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