Yeah, their feathers really shimmer in direct sunlight. Here's one I showed the list about a month ago:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/04/cold-spring-morning.html?m=1 Still a beautiful blue but not shiny without that direct sun. Beautiful little birds in any light, though! Thanks for the kind words! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> Sent: May 25, 2013 5/25/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: PESO - Tree Swallow That's really good, Frank. I had not realized they're so colourful, as I usually see them at a distance or back-lit. On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 10:40 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Excuse the banal (if descriptive) title. Also excuse the fact that it's yet > another tree swallow. However I really like them; I think they're beautiful > and I love their colour. They are plentiful down at the lake and they sit > still long enough early morning (not so much during the day) that I can often > get a decent shot. > > I'd never really seen them until we moved here a few years ago so I guess > they're still a novelty to me. > > Finally, the light was quite nice this morning and I think it really showed > off the irredescent blue nicely. > > So, after all that: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/05/tree-swallow.html?m=1 > > In other exciting news I saw several turkey vultures soaring high above me. > Got some shots but with only a 200mm they're awfully small on the screen. > Might be able to do something with them. We'll see. > > Anyway, hope you like this little swallow. Comments always welcome. > > Cheers, > frank > > "For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and > spontaneity." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
