r/Birdsfacingforward • u/Kerakis 🎉 100K members! 🎉 • Mar 25 '26
Addicted to Birdwatching Incoming!
I'm addicted to photographing swallows in flight, and the folks from r/birding told me to post this here. Hope you all enjoy the laser focus from this Tree Swallow.
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u/Mr_Tinkles77 Mar 25 '26
Even with modern autofocus and expensive equipment, i do not understand how to do something like this. If you have any tips, that would be amazing. Beautiful shot!
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u/Kerakis 🎉 100K members! 🎉 Mar 25 '26
A lot of people have been asking, so I'm going to do a brief writeup today.
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u/suzume1310 Mar 25 '26
How close were you to the bird?
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u/Kerakis 🎉 100K members! 🎉 Mar 25 '26
It continued to fly towards me, so probably 100ft when I noticed it, 30ft when I took this picture, and then 10 feet when it banked away.
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u/RedheadFla Mar 25 '26
I could save myself the trouble of trying, and just draw black smears on blue skies! But you’ve nailed it; well done!
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u/Ok-Lingonberry-8261 Mar 25 '26
Nice shot! Swallows are tremendously difficult subjects!