Andorinha-dáurica

One of a pair which have nested at my house for the past five years. Last year they produced 17 young, this year they are currently on their fourth brood. These birds fly very FAST!!



Canon 1DMk3 400 f/5.6
1/8,000s f/6.3 at 400mm ISO 800


Colin

WOW!

Spectacular photo, Colin! Congratulations

VERY VERY FAST bird!
To fast for me

Pedro

Fantastic!

You're lucky .. A nest in your house? I want one to..

Paulo Alves

Thank you Gonçalo, Pedro and Paulo. I like this particular shot because it is against a dark background rather than clear sky.

I must say that I love this lens - it is so easy to hand-hold and is almost as sharp as my 500 f/4. Of course good light and a shutter speed of 1/8,000s help for subjects like this when the lens has no IS.

Two other non-obvious things I have also done today:

1. I bought the "Spyder 3 Elite" to do a proper calibration of my monitors - what an incredible difference.

2. I bought the download version of "Neat Image" to use as a "plug-in" with Photoshop Elements 6 for noise reduction - well worth the €29. This swallow image is the first one that I have "cleaned" with this software and I am very impressed.

Um abraço,

Colin

20 valores!

Parabéns

Hi.
Excellent photo.
Although the dark background, that I must say that I like too, and the use of ISO 800 the photo is very "clean" without visible grain.
Congratulations for this difficult shot and also for the detail obtained in this photo of a small bird in flight. 1/8,000s is faster than the bird
Cheers
Loureiro

Superb shot!

I never thought that this quality was possible with ISO 800. I guess it's the result of a great camera, lens, postwork and, of course, a great photographer .
Congratulations!

Muito obrigado António,

Um abraço,

Colin

P.S. Also requires loads of LUCK!!!