GeneO wrote:
Conrad
He is a rough winged swallow in some lovely light - Gene
Thanks Gene! I was really disappointed with all my other offerings from yesterday as most of them are in heavy crop due to ridiculous proximity. I shouldn't really have even bothered to photograph them. Then all of a sudden, the swallow perched right by me as if to reward me for my efforts! Hehe...
Conrad Tan wrote:
And one last money shot... I was very happy with how the BG matched the bird! (whatever he is)
That is a very fine shot, Conrad, one of your best that I have seen.
Your swallow friend can be quite a pain to catch in flight because of low contrast of its body in addition to all other "swallow" issues. I have no patience any more to go after them.
PetKal wrote:
That is a very fine shot, Conrad, one of your best that I have seen.
Your swallow friend can be quite a pain to catch in flight because of low contrast of its body in addition to all other "swallow" issues. I have no patience any more to go after them.
Excellent hummingbird shot! Love this thread, I've followed it for a while - Petkal -fantastic Swallow shot on the previous page. Conrad, your shots of the Terns are looking very good as well.
Went back to my favorite Swallow area with my "fixed" MKIII and 400 5.6. Got this one the other day - I think it's my best Swallow shot to date.
noelle wrote:
So Peter.... what are the other swallow issues you are having?
Hard to go into details here, Noelle, in an abstract way. I you were to spend several hours/days shooting swallows and swifts, that would help you more than anything I could opine on.
I'll just say that one should have a sufficient numbers of those birds available to photograph against a non contrasty background. Locating a bird nest/colony certainly helps a lot. It is absolutely non-productive to be shooting swallows when you see one only every 1/2 hr zooming full speed above a rippled water surface.
You'll spend hours there and go back home without a single keeper except for a possible very lucky one by accident.
mark fadely wrote:
Went back to my favorite Swallow area with my "fixed" MKIII and 400 5.6. Got this one the other day - I think it's my best Swallow shot to date.
Mark, that's definitely one of the best ones I've seen.
