A bunch from the lake

Giphsub

I have been trying to capture swallows in flight. My first attempts have failed to get any all that close, and so have needed some heavy cropping. Damn, they are hard little buggers to track! Anyway, enjoy.

1 Musk Duck


2 Great Crested Grebe


3 Purple Moorhen


4 Great Crested Grebes (I couldn't get a clear shot through the reeds :cry )


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16

kdog

Nice shots, Mike. Those swallow shots are a hoot!

-joel

Dennis Kaczor

Very nice shots here, and got to love the captures with the little speed bombs.

Jody Melanson

Very nice.

Ric Grupe

2, 3, & 7thumb

Very good series, Mike.

dlplumer

Great set Mike. 7 & 8 crack me up

dbaker1221

excellent shots Mike:ivar

raptorcaptor

kdog wrote:

Nice shots, Mike. Those swallow shots are a hoot!

-joel

Giphsub

kdog wrote:

Nice shots, Mike. Those swallow shots are a hoot!

-joel

Thanks Joel. I'm working at getting better shots, but I think patience is especially important with these little fellas.

Giphsub

Dennis Kaczor wrote:

Very nice shots here, and got to love the captures with the little speed bombs.

Thanks Dennis. Speed Bombs is the right word! It is so hard getting them in the frame...

Giphsub

Jody Melanson wrote:

Very nice.

Cheers Jody.

Giphsub

Ric Grupe wrote:

2, 3, & 7thumb

Very good series, Mike.

Cheers Ric. I think 7 was one of my immediate favourites too.

Giphsub

dlplumer wrote:

Great set Mike. 7 & 8 crack me up

Cheers Dan! You can just imagine the debate going on between the two!

Giphsub

dbaker1221 wrote:

excellent shots Mike:ivar

Thanks Dave.

Giphsub

raptorcaptor wrote:

Cheers Glenn

hanseat

Number 3 an 9! Very nice pictures!

Giphsub

hanseat wrote:

Number 3 an 9! Very nice pictures!

Thanks for looking Jan!

enduro

Giphsub wrote:

Thanks Dennis. Speed Bombs is the right word! It is so hard getting them in the frame...

Some super Welcome Swallow shots there - some of the best I have ever seen!

zoomer

My favorite is 2, a lower angle would have really put that one on another level. Very nice as is.

Nice work on the sparrows, I know how hard they are to catch in flight and yours look great.

Giphsub

enduro wrote:

Some super Welcome Swallow shots there - some of the best I have ever seen!

Cheers Gotta go back to Herdsman and try those again sometime soon.

Giphsub

zoomer wrote:

My favorite is 2, a lower angle would have really put that one on another level. Very nice as is.

Nice work on the sparrows, I know how hard they are to catch in flight and yours look great.

Thanks Zoomer.

bfjr

Well done

Harryb

Excellent set Mike. I love those crested grebes.

Maestro

Nice series...I don't how you got the bullet shots. Those swallows are so fast!