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Portuguese water dog doing 'deep woods agility', colourful frog, macro of dandelion seed, mushrooms after rains, stream in the woods, honey bee

Me, me, its MY turn!<br />
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Baby barn swallows with mom. The babies are growing fast and I think they will leave the nest in the next 2 or 3 days. The male and female are both excellent parents and take turns feeding the babies.<br />
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This was a challenging photo shoot today, because of the location of the nest. There was very low light under the deck and I needed a fast shutter speed, a long telephoto range AND a good depth of field! The only solution was to crank the ISO and use a flash.<br />
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It was too difficult to choose between this shot and a shot where dad is bringing an insect to the babies, all of whom have their mouths wide open, so I've posted both today - sorry, if I've broken some unwritten rule :-}<br />
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Self critique: I think the shot with the mom is technically better, but the shot with the dad has a higher awww factor, but the dad is a little out of focus. <br />
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For individual portraits of the mom and dad see here: <a href="http://goo.gl/Up7eB">http://goo.gl/Up7eB</a>

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Me, me, its MY turn!

Baby barn swallows with mom. The babies are growing fast and I think they will leave the nest in the next 2 or 3 days. The male and female are both excellent parents and take turns feeding the babies.

This was a challenging photo shoot today, because of the location of the nest. There was very low light under the deck and I needed a fast shutter speed, a long telephoto range AND a good depth of field! The only solution was to crank the ISO and use a flash.

It was too difficult to choose between this shot and a shot where dad is bringing an insect to the babies, all of whom have their mouths wide open, so I've posted both today - sorry, if I've broken some unwritten rule :-}

Self critique: I think the shot with the mom is technically better, but the shot with the dad has a higher awww factor, but the dad is a little out of focus.

For individual portraits of the mom and dad see here: http://goo.gl/Up7eB