Been awhile. Busy at work, some travel. Common but they have plenty of character. - Cheers, Gene

Lesson I learn over again every year. Never get too close in the springtime Was shooting a close-up of the female

Let me be the first to say Spectacular Great series, those swallows look real, and like they are having 'real fun' too. RWBB's are fantastic, the blacks are perfect and the BG's are too. Not picking any favorites Gene, that would be stressful Oh, I do like the turtle in the 'soup'

Karl

Magnificent as always, Gene. Your bird shots have always been inspirational
Spring is a wonderful season.

Superb Gene... It doesn't get any better than these.

T

Stunning Gene. Very nice PP, it looks like your very heavy on the blur in the BG. I think it works quite nicely here. You have a bunch of spectacular images here. The turtles, well they just don't do it for me.

Tim

Beautiful Gene,

stunning detail & sharpness

Congratulations

Lil

Your posts are always stunning and this is no exception, always a pleasure to see the superb clarity, sharpness and beautifully controlled exposures.

Top notch stuff Gene, but we don't expect less from you Glad your back

PS, I'm pretty sure the male swallow was just helping the Mrs. with her hair do.

Tim Kuhn wrote:
Stunning Gene. Very nice PP, it looks like your very heavy on the blur in the BG. I think it works quite nicely here. You have a bunch of spectacular images here. The turtles, well they just don't do it for me.

Tim

Thanks,

I have added no blur in post processing, It is from the shallow DOF, the lens bokeh, and subject isolation..

Gene

Gene, since that's the case even better!

Tim

Beautiful set Gene. Details and clarity are super. Nice to see you after awhile.
Jude

Gene, these are really good. The clarity is amazing. I like the Swallows enjoying themselves,

Wow! Great series Gene. The clarity in each of these shots is simply outstanding and top notch. Too hard to pick a favorite.

J

Hey Gene,
Amazing to see the swallows mating - but the barbed wire perches do detract a bit. That said, the detail in these are awesome!! But I love the natural perches and backgrounds in the RWBB and sparrow (what kind??) shots - these are top notch!!! Light in the turtle shots looks pretty darn challenging - well done under harsh conditions with these, especially the 2nd to last, which is way cool!!
Susan

Awesome series Gene. Really like the RWBB shots!

Karl Witt wrote:
Let me be the first to say Spectacular Great series, those swallows look real, and like they are having 'real fun' too. RWBB's are fantastic, the blacks are perfect and the BG's are too. Not picking any favorites Gene, that would be stressful Oh, I do like the turtle in the 'soup'

Karl

Thanks Karl. They were real

Cheers

annayu wrote:
Magnificent as always, Gene. Your bird shots have always been inspirational
Spring is a wonderful season.

Yes ansd it is finally here

Thanks Anna, good to hear from you.

Cheers

Amazing shots Gene. What equipment did you shoot these with?

On a bird related note, I have a robins nest 1 foot outside of my window on the balcony and the babies just hatched today. 2 down... 1 to go. I snapped a few pics but nothing really turned out that good because of the nest location.

Cheers

Awsome, Gene.
Up to your usual high standards.
- Ken

Great RWBB photos, keep it up

Fantastic stuff.
Harsha

Terry D wrote:
Superb Gene... It doesn't get any better than these.

T

Thanks Terry!
Gene

Lil Judd wrote:
Beautiful Gene,

stunning detail & sharpness

Congratulations

Lil

Thanks gain Lil !
Gene

Stop it Gene........ Wow............great variety and ........

Ted