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    Feeding Time

    hese juvenile Whitethroated Swallows were sitting on a branch at the dam at the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve and their parents kept sweeping in to feed them, its an amazing moment caught in time.

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    IMG_5473.1 by Tobias Weber, on Flickr

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Bloody good! well done!!

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    Great capture! I'd love to see this larger!

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Toby,

    Please give us some more pixels- great shot, and I was hoping for a much closer look!

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    Out-STANDING!!

    Congratulations!

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    Brilliant timing and focus Tobias

    Bet getting that made you a happy bunny

    Well done,

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Thank you everyone

    Dave it sure did, very happy even

    Here is a higher res version.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Quote Originally Posted by FrankMi View Post
    Great capture! I'd love to see this larger!
    Ditto.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    I second the ditto! Still can't see it larger. Looks to be a very nice capture though.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Hmmm not sure what I'm doing wrong then because the second should be larger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TobyMac View Post
    Hmmm not sure what I'm doing wrong then because the second should be larger.
    Not entirely sure what you did either but when I clicked through on the "Large" link I did indeed see it larger at Flickr. Wonderful image... amazing timing and good sharpness, yet the motion is so evident too! It may be this monitor I'm presently using, but just a little more dodging on the mum's head would give a hint more detail without distracting from the youngster's expression.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Haha well at least now its up thank you. I will look into the dodging

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Here are a couple more from the same, not quite as amazingly timed but still pretty interesting.

    Feeding Time
    Large by Tobias Weber, on Flickr

    Feeding Time
    IMG_5474.1 by Tobias Weber, on Flickr

    Feeding Time
    IMG_5472.1 by Tobias Weber, on Flickr

    Feeding Time
    IMG_5468.1 by Tobias Weber, on Flickr

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    Hi Tobias, all of these are great! I had a play at cloning out the second juvenile in the first image as it was mostly hidden behind the foreground chick. If you would like, I can post it for you?

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Great action shots captured Tobias. Well done.

    Dave

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Tobias, lovely images of a great opportunity! But I do notice that your camera is capable of up to 8 fps continous shooting. Perhaps in these circumstances you could try that? Also, it appears that you've lost a bit of colour? I can't see the Exif so don't know at what time of day these shots were taken. but I stole and modified your images and put the results HERE . Do you approve or have I got it wrong? If so, my apologies.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Quote Originally Posted by Cogito View Post
    Tobias, lovely images of a great opportunity! But I do notice that your camera is capable of up to 8 fps continous shooting. Perhaps in these circumstances you could try that? Also, it appears that you've lost a bit of colour? I can't see the Exif so don't know at what time of day these shots were taken. but I stole and modified your images and put the results HERE . Do you approve or have I got it wrong? If so, my apologies.
    I don't know if Tobias lost any color but his look more realistic and they are consistent throughout all his images. Your modifications have different color casts in each one.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Sorry Tony but for me your edits are way to saturated and overly warm.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    Hi Tony, I have to agree with Terri and Paul, your edits look way to unrealistic and over-saturated. It was about 1 in the afternoon so the light was extremely harsh but I had to deal with it. I did use the 8fps capability, these are just the best of the lot, most of them have blurry birds because the continuous focusing capability is rather limited when it comes to following speeding birds that just appear out of nowhere.

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    Re: Feeding Time

    I am even more impressed now I have seem the big, high res ones and others in the series.

    Very well done,

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