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Tree Swallow

by Walt Sterneman

Gallery: AvianPosted April 21, 2010112 views2 comments
I saw this guy while walking through a local wetlands preserve. I just love their colors this time of year. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

D90, 300mm f/4 lens with 1.7 TC, f/16, 1/50 sec., ISO 800, HH

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 21, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Nice job on the exposure, Walt, and it looks like you caught the sun reflecting off the blue perfectly. The bird seems just a tiny bit soft to me. It's possible that the autofocus decided to lock on the T-post-it often seem to do that to me. :toast:
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 23, 2010 at 12:08 AM
Beautiful colors but I agree that the bird looks soft. I would wonder why you would be shooting at this at F16 especially if you were handholding, that really dropped your shutter speed here and probably led to the softness. You would have been much better off shooting this at around F8 and 1/200 or so.
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