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Swallow in Flight
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Poxed this while waiting for fox cubs this evening. Not great but a first attempt. 1Ds II, 300mm F/4, f-7.1, iso 200, 1/800. MJ
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Pretty damn good effort MJ. You must have got dizzy trying to line
them up for a shot – I find it hard even to get the bins on them, let
alone a camera.Were you pre-focused on this?
Any tips on how you managed to pull this off?Well done!
Excellent. Looks like a male. I’ve given up trying to shoot them. The local reserve is packed with them but getting them in frame, let alone a shot, is hard enough.
I was looking at the excellent snail shots in the macro section yesterday and thinking ‘now these are the kind of wildlife I will be able to keep up with’. You seem to have gone to the other end of the spectrum from a speed point of view – hats off for getting this with anything resembling reasonble sharpness.
Gary
Cheers for all the feedback folks. I was waiting for a fox cub to do it’s thing and I just poxed this while messing around. With a bit of forethought and a fast lens on a bright day I reckon one could do alot better.
MJ
Very nice shot, I have few Swallows that visit the garden regularly but as said above they move very quickly. From your comment above you seem to be setting yourself a challenge.
Dave.
griangraf wrote:
Cheers for all the feedback folks. I was waiting for a fox cub to do it’s thing and I just poxed this while messing around. With a bit of forethought and a fast lens on a bright day I reckon one could do alot better.
MJ
MJ can’t wait for the shots that you are taking seriously as with all the above excellent capture.
Soda
Have tried a lot myself to capture swallows in flight,
this is a great attempt….lovely colours on its body.Excellent shot. Little beggars are almost impossible to keep up with.
Definitely one for the book…Rob.
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