Swallow in flight

hammered · May 4, 2011

It was dusk, I was out walking Benson when I came upon a clearing. The wind had dropped, and suddenly a swallow swooped low in front of me. It turned and swooped gain, daring me to take a picture if I could. The light was far from ideal, but I had a go. See what you think, I'm happy, considering :laughing7:

hammered

shaun7 · May 4, 2011

Perfect

rginn · May 4, 2011

Good, good pics.

pat-tekker-cat · May 4, 2011

Beautiful! On that first pic, if you tilt your head left, and make the two dots on his tail, eyes, blur your vision a little, then take another drink, he looks like a Halloween bat, or flying goblin. LOL!

Woodland Detectors · May 4, 2011

Your "in flight " pics are really getting good mate :headbang:

hammered · May 4, 2011

Thanks guys :icon_thumleft:

, my inspiration for "birds in flight" came from this picture, something I would love to capture, enjoy :wink:

, by the way, to make things clear, this was NOT taken by me, obviously :laughing7:

hammered

Tn Gizmo · May 4, 2011

Strange coincidence or maybe that is: "Great minds think alike"...yesterday afternoon I drove down to the river and several swallows were flying over the water, looked to be feeding on insects. I also took photos of them, those things aren't easy to capture as they have a flight pattern much like a bat.

hammered · May 4, 2011

Tn Gizmo said:
Strange coincidence or maybe that is: "Great minds think alike"...yesterday afternoon I drove down to the river and several swallows were flying over the water, looked to be feeding on insects. I also took photos of them, those things aren't easy to capture as they have a flight pattern much like a bat.

You are so right my friend, the trick is to find the central point and set your focus there. Then, if your camera allows it, take as many shots per second as you can, set up for the light and speed, as you can. Mine, today, were at about 8 frames per second, 250 ISO and f4.5. Not ideal for the lighting conditions, but I was on my way back home, not ready $:-\$ . Next time, seeing as the swallows are flying I will try to do better, as long as you guys don't get bored :wink:

hammered

PS. Water is a great place to take their photos :thumbsup:

Tn Gizmo · May 4, 2011

I don't want to hijack your post, but here are some I took yesterday. I wasn't happy with them...but I never am satified with my photos.

hammered · May 4, 2011

Tn Gizmo said:
I don't want to hijack your post, but here are some I took yesterday. I wasn't happy with them...but I never am satified with my photos.

I would be pleased as punch with those, well done mate :icon_thumleft:

. Don't worry about hijacking my post, all are welcome to post their pics, after all it's what we are about, isn't it?, improving ourselves etc.

hammered

Tn Gizmo · May 4, 2011

hammered said:
Tn Gizmo said:

I don't want to hijack your post, but here are some I took yesterday. I wasn't happy with them...but I never am satisfied with my photos.

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I would be pleased as punch with those, well done mate . Don't worry about hijacking my post, all are welcome to post their pics, after all it's what we are about, isn't it?, improving ourselves etc.

hammered

Thank you Sir, You are truly a Gentleman

fossis · May 5, 2011

Nice job on those. :thumbsup:

Fossis............

allen · Jul 9, 2011

great looking pics of that neat bird !

NGE · Jul 15, 2011

Nice catch on those silhouetted bombers. The only problem I have with low light situations, is NOISE, that is if I'm not ready for it. Finally have some camera shy hummers coming to my feeders. Am trying to get pics of them.....NGE

hammered · Jul 18, 2011

notgittinenny said:
Nice catch on those silhouetted bombers. The only problem I have with low light situations, is NOISE, that is if I'm not ready for it. Finally have some camera shy hummers coming to my feeders. Am trying to get pics of them.....NGE

I look forward to seeing your shots old friend :icon_thumleft:

hammered