Gallery: AvianPosted July 9, 20184,449 views10 comments
The cattail marsh provided few descent images in the strong light. D500 600mm f4 fill at -1.75ev (1/2000 sec at f8, Iso 800), Levels, crop for comp, shadows & highlights.........................Jim
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10 comments
Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 9, 2018 at 7:39 PM
That's a pretty up close and personal portrait of this little guy, Jim. I think it could benefit from a touch more space below if usable down there, just my thought.
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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 9, 2018 at 8:50 PM
Nice close-up look at the swallow. Nice background, though blurred still conveys the bird's environment.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 9, 2018 at 9:23 PM
Lovely image, Jim. I like the background a lot and the direct frontal lighting eliminated any shadow problems. Very well done.
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 10, 2018 at 4:34 AM
Love the soft light -
nice pose and very interesting cattail perch.
Fine image!
Sandy
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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 10, 2018 at 3:49 PM
Really nice pose and perch. Good color and detail. I like the head turn. Pleasing background. I am okay with the current composition.
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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on July 10, 2018 at 4:03 PM
Very nice shot of the Barn Swallow, Jim. They are beautiful, but if you have a porch (as we do), they can be very messy. We had a time trying to keep them from making our porch their home, but finally won the battle. They can be quite messy on a front porch! They are really cute, and if it wasn't for the mess, I would have welcomed them. I like everything about this shot, by the way.
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Comment posted by Gary Minish on July 11, 2018 at 2:37 AM
Swallows are so hard to capture but you sure got this one, Jim! The exposure is excellent with great detail in the darker feathers and eye plus the detail very nice, especially in the large version. Well done!
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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on July 11, 2018 at 9:33 AM
excellent
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 15, 2018 at 1:26 PM
This is excellent Jim, great pose, perch and background.
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 15, 2018 at 9:57 PM
I like the curved cattail perch Jim, nice image!
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10 commentsnice pose and very interesting cattail perch.
Fine image!
Sandy