{"id":75490,"date":"2019-09-06T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=75490"},"modified":"2019-09-06T08:28:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:28:47","slug":"barn-swallow-taking-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/06\/barn-swallow-taking-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn Swallow Taking Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some might say it’s only<\/em> a swallow but I like the image a lot (and I wouldn’t say “only”.)<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this Barn Swallow three days ago at Bear River MBR as it was taking off from phragmites. It was great fun because over a period of 13 minutes I was able to photograph four different swallow species in warm early morning light from the same spot.<\/p>\n

Because of their very dark steely-blue upper parts I find it difficult to get good exposure and detail with this species, including around the eye. But I think I got a perfect head turn for this interesting pose which put great light on its face, resulting in good detail there so the eye stands out well. In my opinion the head turn makes the shot. Many of the colors in the image are similar but the bird is still well defined. The shadows have just enough detail for my tastes and the left wing is soft but in this case I’m fine with it.<\/p>\n

About the only thing I was unhappy about with the original image was the closeness of the right wingtip to the top edge of the frame. So for this version I added a narrow sliver of canvas up there.<\/p>\n

I don’t like to do that… but I did.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Some might say it’s only a swallow but I like the image a lot (and I wouldn’t say “only”.)<\/p>\n

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