# Tree Swallows

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tree-swallows/5010>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tree-swallows/5010 "2019-03-19T02:27:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tree-swallows/5010/1 "2019-03-19T02:27:02Z")

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I went out again this morning to try for Swallows and Bluebirds (or anything else that might show up). This pair of Tree Swallows posed pretty nicely for me on a couple of occasions.

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### What technical feedback would you like if any?

I removed a couple of stubs on the perch-any evidence?

### What artistic feedback would you like if any?

Anything. I was looking for a frame with good interaction-does this one fit the bill?

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tree-swallows/5010/2 "2019-03-19T10:22:57Z")

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Hi Dennis, yes I like the interaction of them gazing at each other and the placement of one slightly above the other works well. Nice perch too - I can’t tell where you took out the stubs. Nice exposure. Well done.

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**Author:** ![Lyle\_Gruby](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@Lyle\_Gruby](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Lyle_Gruby)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tree-swallows/5010/3 "2019-03-19T14:16:38Z")

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Really nice. As Allen mentioned, the interaction is great, and the perch is the perfect size. Whites and that bluish-green iridescence is just right. I might try to dodge the black mask on the upper bird to see if you could get a little more detail there. I also wish one of them had turned its head a degree or two toward you. They both seem to be looking away from you every-so-slightly. I think I can see a little cloning artifact on the little hump between the birds, closest to the one on the right. Any chance you could get them to perch a little lower so the BG is more varied?