Lost birds, call if seen

Gallery: AvianPosted April 19, 2014136 views7 comments

At least if feels that way. this is a pair that's been making nesting motions in one of our boxes for a month, successfully beating off the competing tree swallows. Yesterday morning, they failed to appear and haven't been back today. Not the most natural perch, but it was where I managed to catch them together.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 2.0TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f10, 1/1000, iso 500, aperture priority, -1/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6, cropped to 12.1MP of the original 16. Taken April 14th at 7:12 am.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

thanks for looking,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 19, 2014 at 10:55 PM

And such a nice couple too. Neat to get a shot of them both together this way.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 20, 2014 at 12:14 AM

Nice look at this pair Dennis. I agree a more natural perch would be more desirable. Good job with the DOF, both birds look nice and sharp.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 20, 2014 at 12:15 AM

Nice work to get the pair. A (very) little more eye contact would be nice. They probably didn't go far.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 20, 2014 at 3:46 AM

They make for a nice and colorful pair! Hope they return! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 20, 2014 at 9:08 AM

Great DOF and details Dennis.
Always nice when you can get em' joined at the hip like this

Well done

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Comment posted by May Haga on April 20, 2014 at 9:56 AM

Kudos to the bluebirds if they can keep the Tree Swallows away. Always interesting to get a pair. Well done.
May

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 20, 2014 at 9:52 PM

Nice job getting these both sharp Dennis.

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