The time to get them sitting still (around here at least) seems to be early in the morning. They come out of their nests and perch for a while before flying. Once in the air they're non-stop.
Works out because the light's best then anyway. Wish I could get some in-air shots, but with my 200mm, forget about it. I envy your photos... Cheers, frank On 28 February, 2014 11:08:15 PM EST, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: >I was thinking of your shots while I took those. I got a few of them >sitting still but they were perched on the grass and wouldn't let me >get very close. > >I'll try again some day. I like watching them fly around but it's >pretty frustrating trying to keep them in the finder when they get >close. > >Cheers, >Dave > >On Feb 28, 2014, at 6:33 pm, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Little barnies! >> >> Look the same as our barn swallows. >> >> I can never catch them on the wing like that. Great work! >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> On 27 February, 2014 5:02:29 PM EST, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> >wrote: >>> 5 photos, which are pretty much all near-misses. It's hard enough >>> tracking them at 400mm but the AF isn't helping. I'll try again >some >>> other time. >>> >>> These little birds are quite pleasant to watch as they skim along >just >>> above the grass eating insects on the wing. But they change >direction >>> suddenly and often. >>> >>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/56/#geso >>> >>> (Before you start thinking I got anywhere near close to them, >they're >>> all cropped.) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dave >> >> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
