2015/04/23

Swallows on Rideau River

Today, I went for a walk during lunchtime to Strathcona Park and saw that the swallows, mostly Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) and some Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), are here!  Taking pictures of swallows-in-flight is a nearly impossible task.  I tried manual focus and blindly clicked the shutter and hoped some photos will have the swallows in focus.  I took at least 200 photos and here are some decent shots.

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Swallows on the river.

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I got more in-focus photos of swallows' backs than their fronts for whatever reason.

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All of these images are cropped since the center of the river is about 15 metres away.

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Such graceful flyers.

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The less abundant Barn Swallow.

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The best photo of the day, still not great though.

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