Glossy Swiftlets

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Description

This was one of the more interesting finds during my Borneo trip back in October. While boating on the Kinabatangan River, we came upon a colony of Glossy Swiftlets that were nesting in a small cave just above the water. It wasn’t easy zooming into a dark space filled with dark subjects while on a rocking boat, so I spent a fair bit of time trying to capture a few compositions featuring the tightly-packed birds. These swiftlets, by the way, are among the species that provide bird’s nest soup… they construct these using their saliva.

Technical Details

Canon R3
Canon 100-500mm
ISO 8000
1/400th
f/7.1

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Hi Max,
Love the pattern of the tails formed from each bird. Great to have the critical focus on the close bird in lower right. Excellent capture of a very interesting scene.

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Excellent job on a very tough scene, Max. Like Allen, I like the location of the in-focus bird and the tightly packed array is fascinating.

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A nice capture Max, you have managed to convey the closeness of the colony and their nesting site. The focus on the one bird draws you in.
I have been in a number of similar situations, distant dark spaces with lots of creatures, showing this as well as you have is never easy.

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