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I think this falls under the heading of dumb luck. Not sure how the shutter speed ended up at 1/8000, but it worked. I’ve been monitoring this nest box for several years and this is the first year the Western Bluebirds beat out the Violet-green Swallows. This female landed on top of the nest box with a grub of some sort and I took some shots when she took off and was surprised that something actually came out okay.

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Canon R5; 100-500 at 500 mm; 1/8000 at f10; ISO 6400

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Dumb luck or not, you got a great shot out of this, Allen. that wing position and the curve to the body is just awesome. Beautiful image.

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Wow. Just wow. Right place, right time, right expertise. That’s the magical formula.

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Allen: In my experience luck happens for the well prepared. Spectacular capture in every respect. Most excellent. >=))>

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Wow terrific! Love the in flight pose and the overall setting says parental behavior. Well done.

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Gorgeous behavior so well caught. Luck favours the prepared! Great pose with the wings andy body pushed to the limit.

It’s great when human efforts actually work in the wild. I have several nest boxes around my paddock. The possums find them before the birds.

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Wonderful!! There is an element of luck in every photograph, but it’s useless without being prepared, and you get a perfect score for that! Perfect pose and detail on the bird and the framing shows the environment so nicely!

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What a shot, Allen. Really nice. I think that fast shutter speed actually helped.

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