Becoming One With The Tree Swallows (56K Beware!!!)

9 Blue Jays is the breakfast crowd on SuperFeeder, LOL! The late-rising lazy grackles some in shortly after, and when all the big boys are gone I get a dozen goldfinches in. The goldfinches call it "brunch" by this time of the morning but it's their way of hiding their fear of the jays, really. I just go along with whatever they want to believe. You know how touchy models are.

Wow! Very cool shots and a great story.

{applause}

great shots: the photo of you hunkered down in the marsh grass, Well you blended so well I could hardly make you out no wonder the birds didn't notice. Nice job. beautiful close-ups.

Wow, Scott! Great shots of the swallows.

So, how long did it take to get off all that crap the swallows dropped on you while you were one with nature and the bushes?

I was worried about the color of my lens... Otherwise I was wearing a green and white speckled shirt so I have no idea if I got bombed during a tree swallow raid.

Scottes wrote:
... How many terns did you get in that time?

I did get a few... nothing so picturesque as your swallow portraits. But I didn't want to scare them away! So I kept my distance

here's the link;

https://photography-on-the.net …topic.php?p=269​077#269077


Leo,. I was not so lucky.. I got a tiny swallow sized "white spot" right on top of the MkII's top LCD :P

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
But I didn't want to scare them away! So I kept my distance

Aah, grasshopper, if you were One with the Terns then they would not have feared your presence.

Of course if you were One with the Terns you would have walked home - I just cleaned my car!

Leo,. I was not so lucky.. I got a tiny swallow sized "white spot" right on top of the MkII's top LCD :P

See what I mean?

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
Leo,. I was not so lucky.. I got a tiny swallow sized "white spot" right on top of the MkII's top LCD :P

Now, CDS, let's be a little more positive, shall we? Consider the other possibility...a tern-sized white spot completely covering the top LCD!

CyberDyneSystems wrote:

Andythaler wrote:
...Now I'm just waiting for CDS' pics of your tree-acting performance

Best regards,
Andy

Oh,.. you didn't think I'd let this go did you?

http://images2.fotopic​.net …al=1&noresize=1​&nostamp=1

LOL CDS, if you hadn't clued me in to the fact that Scott is hidden somewhere in that picture of yours I would have never found him and that was only after I spotted his dead-giveaway off-white lens poking out from the bushes. That's now much he is one with nature and the bushes.

I gotta get me some camo tape. Darn lens is giving me away. Even though *I* can turn sideways to make a smaller target, the lens is round - there's no hope there.

JZ

I had a great time reading this post and watching the NG quality photos, Scott.

Seems you guys had a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing .


Jaime

Bump..

I'm not telling why I came across this one though

At first I thought this was a new post and I thought thank gawd the Ninja birder was back.... but alas, it's an old post. Would be nice to see some of Scott's shots with the 500mm though.

First time I have seen these pictures - 100% amazing!!