Hirundo neoxena

[greg cowle]

Welcome swallow in Port Douglas.
Olympus 420mm, 1/3200, f5.6, ISO1000.
Very small bird <15cm, so posted at small size. At the shooting distance the DoF is about 3cm, so only the head is in that region, wings and tail going out.

[Arthur Morris]

Zero reasons to post a small size ... Please post 1920 wide :)

with love, a

ps: how large a crop?

[gail bisson]

Hi Greg,
This looks like a big crop as I find the bird quite crunchy.
HA is good.
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

I'd like to see a larger one if possible, the image appears to be well focused, I am wondering if the contrast is a little high and the swallow slightly under exposed?

[John Mack]

Looks like the barn swallows over here. Nice pose but not tack sharp.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice dynamic pose held back but poor IQ (bird is lacking details) and a stranger looking BG (the blotched in the lower left)

TFS