Violet-green Swallow

Gallery: AvianPosted March 26, 2018199 views7 comments

We had some decent sun for awhile yesterday mornign and there were some of these that were being fairly cooperative. This took a fair amount of work to bring the darker shades up without blowing the whites, but I think it worked reasonably well.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/3200, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 10.5 MP. Taken at 8:41 am yesterday.

Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks for taking a look,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 27, 2018 at 12:23 PM

Nice looking bird. Having the violet part hidden allows me to appreciate that cool mask. I agree, the processing did work well; tones look perfect.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 27, 2018 at 2:07 PM

This is a mighty fine capture of this Swallow Dennis. Perfect comp and detail with a catchlight in the eye.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on March 27, 2018 at 2:49 PM

Good pose and good job in bringing out the feather detail.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 28, 2018 at 6:40 AM

Looks perfect to me !
Nice pose, fine detail and great, true colours
Sandy

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Comment posted by David Schoen on March 28, 2018 at 4:05 PM

Really excellent image with superb detail and color in a difficult subject. We have a few of these in my area but they won't land anywhere but the electric wires.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on March 28, 2018 at 5:00 PM

One of my favorite spring migrants. The larger version is quite nice with good detail and the back colors show up. Difficult exposure handled well.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on March 29, 2018 at 12:21 PM

Beautiful bird, and so well captured, Dennis. I am not familiar with this particular bird, but you really have exposed it so well, with great colors and detail in the feathers, and that blue sky for a background just makes this one pop.

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