I have always wanted to photograph a portrait of a swallow in flight with a telephoto lens, but was never able to get a decent sharp shot because of how fast and erratic they are. The Canon EOS R3 has a secret weapon which made this shot possible: a special mode which allows me to capture 50 frames at a rate of 195 frames per second. I positioned myself a few meters down below a natural bump in the path and pre focussed on a little twig. There was absolutely no way for me to track and focus on these flying bullets at 600mm so instead I timed the exposure as best as I could. I waited for a swallow to come careering down the path and pressed the shutter milliseconds before it got to the twig! I then had to choose the 1 frame amongst 50 which has the eyes in focus!
Critique the Community
Modern Photos
Justify Your Gear, Show Us Your Best Modern Photographs
Voting is open.
I've been trying to photograph these little suckers without success, so I applaud your success!
Nice, very sharp. Great job
if I'm being honest, looks like a 3x2, and the bird is high in the shot. And it almost appears that the bottom of the image is software bokeh'd or something with a hard-line of demarcation or maybe you used a simple Gaussian blur. Either way, there is little reason to keep that aspect.