Lesser Striped Swallow

Gallery: AvianPosted October 10, 201394 views8 comments

I took this one in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, which turned out to be good place for interesting bird sightings.

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 1.4x at 560 mm
F6.3
ISO 800
1/5000

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on October 10, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Great detail....he looks "ready to roll".

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 10, 2013 at 2:10 PM

I really like the colors, the pose and the background here.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 10, 2013 at 10:45 PM

Very nice pose with the open wings and beak Ken

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 10, 2013 at 11:33 PM

Thanks for your kind comments

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 11, 2013 at 1:21 AM

I'm always amazed to see new (to me) species of swallows pop up like this, what a marvel. The pose is great Ken but if there is more nice vegetation available at the bottom wouldn't mind seeing a little more of that perch below/slightly less pano effect.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 11, 2013 at 7:25 AM

Interesting subject and pose, Ken. I like the background, too.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on October 13, 2013 at 9:06 AM

Excellent color & detail, also great pose.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on October 13, 2013 at 1:01 PM

Nice capture. The bgd and subject colors lovely together.

lucy

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