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Wonderful soft light on this beauty showing the many hues nicely. Love the horizon in that eye and the use of wide open aperture with with focus right on the face. Also love the way the perch just melts away, the composition and the canvas overall. TFS
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I like the composition and the perch we don't get to see swallows on perches such as this very often.
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Although I see the Tree Swallows perching one in a while, it's not often I see the Barn Swallows do it! Good high-key presentation of a very relaxed-looking individual. I prefer the colour in Steve's version, but I also prefer the branches left on in the OP. I guess it's pretty subjective :-)
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Hi John, nice image of a bird I only have seen flying and swooping for bugs. Steve's edit removed the green cast and revealed more detail. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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Very nice view of this usually more-kinetic flier. Really like the body and head angle, both are very engaging. Steve's repost does improve the color, and I think it's a bit sharper as well. The more streamlined perch also works well.
All can be easily incorporated into to your own processing to yield a very nice result.
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