and then there are swallows...

[squirl033]

tree swallows, that is... sometimes they let me get close, like this one who posed for me even as i got so close my 100-400L wouldn't focus, and i had to back off a step... :eek: 40D, 400mm, 1/800 @ f/10...

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh173/squirl034/IMG_1659asm.jpg

[Bambi]

what a cutie! making sure you get his good side!

[Mad Aussie]

tree swallows, that is... sometimes they let me get close, like this one who posed for me even as i got so close my 100-400L wouldn't focus, and i had to back off a step... :eek: 40D, 400mm, 1/800 @ f/10...

WOW ... you were within 1.8m then! Amazingly close for these little guys!! Love the blues in the feathers!

[Iguanasan]

Very beautiful colouring. Wonderful capture!