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Apr 2, 2023 10:46:03   #
jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA
 
Here are some different shots from Lake Lochloosa in Florida. The lake flies had hatched and the lake surface was covered with them. When you have prey, you have predators and the swallows were out in numbers not seen in years. As we slowly motored in the shallows, the swallows were all over us chasing the lake flies. Having never photographed birds this small and fast, it was a challenge. Lots of attempts and finally a few successes.

All of these were taken with a Canon R5 with the 100-500 with a shutter speed of 1/5-8000 of a second. I used auto ISO but later changed to a set ISO of between 2500 and 3200 since the background was more uniform.

Used a bit smaller aperture for more depth and was mostly successful.
Used a bit smaller aperture for more depth and was...
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Watching a swallow pick a fly off of the lake surface was challenging, it was happening all around the boat all the time.
Watching a swallow pick a fly off of the lake surf...
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This one was a bit closer.
This one was a bit closer....
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Caught this bird and also got the fly it was chasing.
Caught this bird and also got the fly it was chasi...
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Apr 2, 2023 11:18:32   #
BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten
 
Nice shooting and it looks like fun.

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Apr 2, 2023 11:26:27   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Nice set. I find it very difficult to capture those guys in flight.

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Apr 2, 2023 11:36:29   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Impressive results with a very elusive subject, Jim!

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Apr 2, 2023 11:51:51   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
jimvanells wrote:
Here are some different shots from Lake Lochloosa in Florida. The lake flies had hatched and the lake surface was covered with them. When you have prey, you have predators and the swallows were out in numbers not seen in years. As we slowly motored in the shallows, the swallows were all over us chasing the lake flies. Having never photographed birds this small and fast, it was a challenge. Lots of attempts and finally a few successes.

All of these were taken with a Canon R5 with the 100-500 with a shutter speed of 1/5-8000 of a second. I used auto ISO but later changed to a set ISO of between 2500 and 3200 since the background was more uniform.
Here are some different shots from Lake Lochloosa ... (show quote)



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Apr 2, 2023 11:56:46   #
lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.
 
great set

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Apr 2, 2023 14:48:54   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
jimvanells wrote:
Here are some different shots from Lake Lochloosa in Florida. The lake flies had hatched and the lake surface was covered with them. When you have prey, you have predators and the swallows were out in numbers not seen in years. As we slowly motored in the shallows, the swallows were all over us chasing the lake flies. Having never photographed birds this small and fast, it was a challenge. Lots of attempts and finally a few successes.

All of these were taken with a Canon R5 with the 100-500 with a shutter speed of 1/5-8000 of a second. I used auto ISO but later changed to a set ISO of between 2500 and 3200 since the background was more uniform.
Here are some different shots from Lake Lochloosa ... (show quote)


Very good set.

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Apr 2, 2023 19:20:09   #
Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV
 
I thought Kingfishers were difficult until I tried Swallows. Nice work on these!!

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Apr 3, 2023 07:03:31   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
jimvanells wrote:
Here are some different shots from Lake Lochloosa in Florida. The lake flies had hatched and the lake surface was covered with them. When you have prey, you have predators and the swallows were out in numbers not seen in years. As we slowly motored in the shallows, the swallows were all over us chasing the lake flies. Having never photographed birds this small and fast, it was a challenge. Lots of attempts and finally a few successes.

All of these were taken with a Canon R5 with the 100-500 with a shutter speed of 1/5-8000 of a second. I used auto ISO but later changed to a set ISO of between 2500 and 3200 since the background was more uniform.
Here are some different shots from Lake Lochloosa ... (show quote)

Nice set Jim.

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Apr 3, 2023 07:04:09   #
raymondh Loc: Walker, MI
 
UTMike wrote:
Impressive results with a very elusive subject, Jim!


I’ll double down on this comment!

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Apr 3, 2023 07:18:44   #
ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA
 
Well done, Jim.

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Apr 3, 2023 08:05:47   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
Like the last shot. That would be a spray & pray type of shooting for me. Have fun.

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Apr 3, 2023 11:57:37   #
jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA
 
BassmanBruce wrote:
Nice shooting and it looks like fun.


Thanks for looking and it was great fun.

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Apr 3, 2023 11:58:24   #
jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA
 
kpmac wrote:
Nice set. I find it very difficult to capture those guys in flight.


It took more than a few attempts but after 700-800 attempts, finally got some good one.

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Apr 3, 2023 11:58:42   #
jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA
 
UTMike wrote:
Impressive results with a very elusive subject, Jim!


Thanks Mike!

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