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My first bird close-up
madamcoolpix

My first bird close-up (Hirundo daurica)

Another from my Southern holidays.

This is something Ive never done before, to crop a bird pic as a close-up. But this cutie was perched in the shade of a veranda on a window grille, rusty and with signs of plenty of swallows perched through the years (you know what I mean, ;)), so the setting looked awful and spoiled the shot. Then I thought on cropping out everything ugly and leave it as a head-and-shoulders portrait I hope it works like this!

By the way, its another newbie in my gallery! o:)
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Habitat
Window grille (but I doubt that can be considered a habitat, ;))
Location
Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real Province, C Spain
Date taken
12 August 2008
Scientific name
Hirundo daurica
Equipment used
Leica V-LUX 1 (handheld, ISO100, f/4.0, 1/250s, 0.0 ev)
ken1940golf
Wow Marian!! awesome close-up of the bird that is so close to my heart although mine was a Barn Swallow!! as Marian would comment " :-O:eek!::eek!::eek!::clap::clap::clap::bounce::bounce::bounce::loveme::t::t::t:
 
Rose Fletcher
It makes a superb portrait Marian, excellent work! :clap: Swallows are such difficult birds to photograph, so this is just marvellous! :t:
 
jameslj
It completely works, Marian. Great photo! The beautiful soft background colours go along so well with this lovely bird. Thanks so much, by the way, for all of the nice comments on my photos.
 
maho
An excellent close up picture, marian!:t::clap: Si estaba volando sobre los Alpes pero no con un pajaro sino viajando en el avion de Granada a Helsinki cuando saque la foto.
 

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