Baby Swallow's

[gregj1763]

Just been trawling through some old photo's and found these two images I took a couple of years ago.
We have swallows that nest in our carport and I was lucky enough to be home when their chicks took their first flight.







Cute eh'

[Steve S]

Very cute greg, they don't look so fast now. Man are the adults hard to photograph. Like taking a picture of a bullet in flight.

[gregj1763]

Thanks Steve. That would be an image to be proud of if you could capture a Swallow in flight. Not only are they lightning fast, they can turn on a match head.

[Donald]

Both good. But .......................

.... just has a massive 'Aaaawwww! factor.

That is brilliant and has just got to have commercial potential.

[jeeperman]

Great job on these Greg. That first one is my top pick but the second is pretty darn good as well.

[gregj1763]

Thanks Donald & Paul.
Very pleased that you think it is good enough for commercial potential Donald.
They are starting to nest again. Hope I'm in the right place, right time again.
Cheers, Greg

[Bobobird]

2 great and beautiful shots.

[jeeperman]

The first one BTW has a couple dust spots just to the right of the birds, one next to the bird and one straight up from there near the top. Without those...perfect.

[gregj1763]

Thanks Bobo & Paul.
Paul, you must have better eye sight than me. Thanks for pointing the spots out. Will fix
Cheers, Greg

[gregj1763]

Had another edit of my original photo of the two chicks.
I adjusted shadows as I felt their heads were a bit dark and used some selective sharpening around their eyes and beaks, especially the left hand one.
An improvement or not ?

Before



After


Cheers, Greg

[Bobobird]

Good improvement.

[Stagecoach]

Greg, great captures both, but I'm afraid it's No 2 for me. How about trying a crop and sharpen on this one too ?

[gregj1763]

Funny you should mention that Grahame. Just finished doing exactly that.

[Stagecoach]

Greg, good one !

[Joerg]

Great shots. I love them