Tree swallow

Gallery: AvianPosted January 29, 2012175 views20 comments

Decided to give you all a break from the owls for a bit. I was exploring my snail kite lake the other day and came across a bunch of tree swallows resting amoung the reeds. I like The DOF on this shot and the BG reed patterns. Soft light worked well too IMO.

Please view the larger version for max. details. Thanks.

Canon 1DM4
Canon 500mm +1.4x TC
ISO 800
1/400s
f/7.1
Manual Exp.
Hand held from my boat
52% of FF

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on January 29, 2012 at 11:45 AM

A killer shot- Gorgeous quality of light and excellent detail on the bird- With that beautiful background, I agree with your choice to leave a good amount of room around the subject- My congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Mike Milicia on January 29, 2012 at 11:51 AM

Congrats on a gorgeous image ... great detail/DOF on the bird and killer BG!

Would like to see the bird a bit less centered horizontally if possible.

Registered on July 25, 2005, 145 Posts, 302 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on January 29, 2012 at 12:22 PM

Great detail, color and dof. I really like the background colors, they really add to the image.

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on January 29, 2012 at 12:50 PM

Gorgeous shot. Excellent soft light giving sharp details on the bird. Love the BG.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 29, 2012 at 2:42 PM

A very pleasing image. I love the soft colors and the way the reeds have been rendered by the DOF to show what they are without distrcting from the swallow. The composition is excellent. The usual high image quality we expect from your work as well.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 29, 2012 at 3:21 PM

Nice soft background colors and a beautiful compositional choice Ron. Lovely image.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on January 29, 2012 at 3:45 PM

Very nice. I love how you captured the subtle colors of this bird and the feather detail is beautiful. I also love the perch the BG and the comp.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 29, 2012 at 6:53 PM

Nice even light on the bird and you got a great exposure throughout. The soft colors are great and I love that background. The crop held up very well. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on January 29, 2012 at 7:01 PM

Nice color & detail on this. I like your DOF choice as well.

Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 29, 2012 at 7:15 PM

A most delightful portrait - pose, perch, background, techs - all good.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 29, 2012 at 9:57 PM

super, Ron. I really love the comp and the bg here. (bird looks pretty good too!)

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 29, 2012 at 9:58 PM

Hi Ron

Beautifully captured

Sublime light, color , detail. and BG

Albert darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 29, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Wonferful details visible in the large version, but the light and background really makes this image for me.

Sweet Photo Ron

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on January 30, 2012 at 3:17 AM

nice shot; pose, composition BG and colors are how they should.

Cheers, Luca

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Comment posted by David Haynes on January 30, 2012 at 2:21 PM

Wow Ron,
Great detail. Looks like X marks the spot (The perch plus the oof reed in the background is exactly where this little guy is perched). Whites look great as does the head turn slightly towards you. Really like the the combination of green and brown reeds in the background. Light is exceptional. Large image really needs to be seen. Beautiful Ron.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on January 30, 2012 at 4:20 PM

Awesome background, the texture and colors are really nice. Great colors in the bird, also! Well captured!
Jaymes

Registered on June 28, 2010, 47 Posts, 590 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM

Nice to get this guy so close and perched Ron. I like the pastel colors and great detail on the swallow.

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 30, 2012 at 9:58 PM

Ron, it's not flying - but a lovely shot nonetheless. I agree wholeheartedly with your comments

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 31, 2012 at 10:25 AM

Love this as posted Ron! No nits from me

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 1, 2012 at 3:13 PM

Way to cool, wonderful composition, pose and background. I like that you can see the iridescent color and the background patterns really add to the image, excellent shot Ron, well seen and well done.

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