A simple post today. The first three shots are swallows, but each is distinctive in its own way starting with this one of a swallow perched on a tree.
This is perhaps a more typical shot: a pair of swallows skimming low over water as they hunt for insects.
The third was intended to be like this, but I quite like the image. I’d be tracking the swallow but it moved into relatively deep shade as the shutter fired, resulting in a rapid loss of shutter speed. hence the motion blur.
The second sequence was taken early this evening in the garden. Some typically cute photos of a blue tit. The final shot proves that it’s possible to catch a take-off too early. Another fraction of a second and its wings would have opened (though it might have slipped out of frame by then).
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
