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Jul 24, 2018 at 04:17 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Purple Martins

Wow Keith, you have to be pleased with those Martin shots, very well done.

Jul 24, 2018 at 05:26 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Purple Martins

Great job just getting the fast fliers in the frame Keith ~ Ron

Jul 24, 2018 at 06:10 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Purple Martins

Good looking set Keith. The white-crowned wins the crown as best in set, imo.

Jul 24, 2018 at 06:15 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Purple Martins

Yeah, the sparrow is super good, but he's also not moving. Congrats on all the martin images. I quit trying with them long ago.

Jul 24, 2018 at 06:29 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Purple Martins

Keith, you using the right combo, but I feel bad for that butterfly, great captures

Chris S.

Jul 24, 2018 at 07:34 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Purple Martins

Super work Keith. 4, 6 and 7 are my picks

Morris

Jul 24, 2018 at 07:52 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Purple Martins

beautiful captures, Keith. loved the light on 1 and 2

Jul 24, 2018 at 08:11 PM

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louie champan wrote:
Wow Keith, you have to be pleased with those Martin shots, very well done.

Louie, thanks! I try these guys & gals each summer, and I figure that even if I don't get many good images, at least they keep my skills up.

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surfnron wrote:
Great job just getting the fast fliers in the frame Keith ~ Ron

Ron, thanks - much appreciated.

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KCollett wrote:
Good looking set Keith. The white-crowned wins the crown as best in set, imo.

Ken, thanks! That one was an unexpected treat for me!

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stanparker wrote:
Yeah, the sparrow is super good, but he's also not moving. Congrats on all the martin images. I quit trying with them long ago.

Stan, thank you! With a short and light lens, at least I stand some chance with these. They are challenging, for sure.

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csinseattle wrote:
Keith, you using the right combo, but I feel bad for that butterfly, great captures

Chris S.

Chris, thanks! You are right about the equipment. I tried shooting them years ago with long glass, but had no luck.

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morris wrote:
Super work Keith. 4, 6 and 7 are my picks

Morris

Morris, thanks for the picks - much appreciated!

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kdacharya wrote:
beautiful captures, Keith. loved the light on 1 and 2

Kdacharya, thanks for your picks and kind words!

Keith W.

Jul 24, 2018 at 11:56 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Purple Martins

sweet job capturing the action set Keith

Jul 25, 2018 at 02:28 AM

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Excellent job capturing these. #2 is my favorite

Amit

Jul 25, 2018 at 07:30 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Purple Martins

kmunroe wrote:
sweet job capturing the action set Keith

Kenny, thank you very much!

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Warkari wrote:
Excellent job capturing these. #2 is my favorite

Amit

Amit, thanks, and thanks for the pick!

Keith W.

Jul 25, 2018 at 01:37 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Purple Martins

Those are difficult in-flight shots. Excellent!

Dave

Jul 25, 2018 at 06:34 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Purple Martins

Impressive images, Keith! I love them all, especially the one carrying a butterfly!

Joshua

Jul 25, 2018 at 07:02 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Purple Martins

Beautiful IF images, impressive tracking skill, Keith. I love them all.

_Tam

Jul 25, 2018 at 07:17 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Purple Martins

I keep thinking about what you must have looked like from a distance to somebody as you swung wildly left to right and up and down to track the Martins!

ohhh my

Very well earned set of images, that is a lot of effort with some great results!

Nice White Crowned with meal ticket.

Last one is quite relaxing....
Karl

Jul 25, 2018 at 07:44 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Purple Martins

dclark wrote:
Those are difficult in-flight shots. Excellent!

Dave

Dave, thank you!

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AGeoJO wrote:
Impressive images, Keith! I love them all, especially the one carrying a butterfly!

Joshua

Joshua, thanks! It was quite the scene for about 5 minutes while the female martin was flying around with that butterfly. The butterfly blocked her vision, and made it hard for her to land on a perch near her nest box. About 10 other martins were flying around her during that time, although I do not think that any of them actually tried to steal the butterfly. She did eventually land, and the father appeared to come check that everything was ok.

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canon.eos30d wrote:
Beautiful IF images, impressive tracking skill, Keith. I love them all.

_Tam

Tam, thank you - much appreciated!

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Karl Witt wrote:
I keep thinking about what you must have looked like from a distance to somebody as you swung wildly left to right and up and down to track the Martins!

ohhh my

Very well earned set of images, that is a lot of effort with some great results!

Nice White Crowned with meal ticket.

Last one is quite relaxing....
Karl

Karl, thanks for your kind words! There were a few other people nearby enjoying the sunset one of the two days that I was there. I was sitting in a sit stool, swinging the camera around, and did occasionally wonder what the other folks were thinking. They were probably thinking I was nuts!

Keith W.

Jul 26, 2018 at 12:28 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Purple Martins

Wow, great set. Your tracking skills are quite impressive as these birds dart all over the place.

Jul 26, 2018 at 12:31 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Purple Martins

RKnecht wrote:
Wow, great set. Your tracking skills are quite impressive as these birds dart all over the place.

Rich, thanks! Like many things in life, experience (and the right equipment) makes all the difference. These martins summer over not too far from where I live. I have been working on tracking these birds for several years now. Each year, I get just a little bit better, it seems. The learned tracking skills make other action photography that much easier. I remember many years ago when I thought tracking mergansers was hard.

Keith W.

Jul 26, 2018 at 12:39 PM


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