Wire-tailed Swallow

[Mital Patel]

Please do critique on the image.

Name : Wire-tailed Swallow
Scientific Name : Hirundo smithii
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary ( Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA)
Photograph Date : 18th April 2009

Equipment : Nikon D300, Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/1250 sec at f/7.1
ISO : 400

[Rahul Parekh]

lovely composition, Mital. WS is looking into the frame and the branch is also heading towards the sky. This complementing effect balanced the image :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Mital,
You captured a nice little beauty. The open mouth is a big plus. The image needs about half a stop of extra exposure as it appears dark. It would have looked better if you could have moved a bit closer, not always an easy task.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mital Patel]

you are right sabyasachi but the problem to getting close is loosing detail on bird. the bird was so high sitting on top of my head :)

wish next time i coul dget some nice low level perch :)

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Composition looks good, theres nothing to distract you from the bird. Shine on the wings is also great

[AB Apana]

The exposure looks fine on my monitor, I can see details in the blacks.

Apana

[Usha Harikrishnan]

Its so beautiful...Just a little info on Wire-tailed swallows. They usually breed in Africa, south of Sahara & in tropical southern Asia from Indian sub-continent to South east Asia. Its mainly resident, but some of them in Pakistan & India tend to migrate south, during winters. This bird is normally found in open country near water resources & human habitation. Apparently, they are fast flyers & generally feed on insects, while Airborne.