Welcome Swallow
| Photographed by | Ben Harvey on Tue 9th Dec, 2025 and uploaded on Mon 9th Mar, 2026 . | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resolution | 1800x1200 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Viewed | 231 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ID | 73222 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comment | I think everyone goes to amazing locations like O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat with grandiose ideas of bagging lifers. However, as soon as I set foot in my accomodation I saw a frenzy of Welcome Swallows feeding, bathing, or drinking from the adjacent poolside. I picked up my camera and went to work. Prefocussing on the water's surface, using a short focal length and a closed aperture to increase my depth of field, I took thousands of images in the hopes that a few would turn out. This was my favourite. I love the colour gradient, with bright sunlight to a dark moody corner, I love the bird's shadow and reflection, and I love the slight oil slick pattern on the water! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment | Exposure time : 1 / 4000 FNumber : 9 Focal Length : 94 ISO Speed Ratings : 5000 LensModel : RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM Make : Canon Model : Canon EOS R6m2 Software : Adobe Photoshop 26.10 (Macintosh) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Oreilly, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords | feeding/with prey, in flight, creative image | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ApertureFNumber | COMPUTED | f/9.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Make | IFD0 | Canon | |||||||||||||||||
| Model | IFD0 | Canon EOS R6m2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Software | IFD0 | Adobe Photoshop 26.10 (Macintosh) | |||||||||||||||||
| ExposureTime | EXIF | 1/4000 | |||||||||||||||||
| FNumber | EXIF | F9 | |||||||||||||||||
| ExposureProgram | EXIF | Manual | |||||||||||||||||
| ISOSpeedRatings | EXIF | 5000 | |||||||||||||||||
| DateTimeOriginal | EXIF | 2025:12:09 18:29:49 | |||||||||||||||||
| ShutterSpeedValue (APEX 11.965784) | EXIF | 1/4000 | |||||||||||||||||
| ApertureValue (APEX 6.33985) | EXIF | F9 | |||||||||||||||||
| ExposureBiasValue | EXIF | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| MaxApertureValue (APEX 5.625) | EXIF | F7 | |||||||||||||||||
| MeteringMode | EXIF | Pattern | |||||||||||||||||
| Flash | EXIF | Flash did not fire. | |||||||||||||||||
| FocalLength | EXIF | 94mm | |||||||||||||||||
| ExposureMode | EXIF | Manual Exposure | |||||||||||||||||
| WhiteBalance | EXIF | Manual White Balance | |||||||||||||||||
| LensModel | EXIF | RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM | |||||||||||||||||
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