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Going back a couple of weeks to a glorious morning down at the river. I set up with this oddly tilting dock as my main subject because I loved the light skimming the texture of its boards. I went with a straight horizon, meaning that there's a lot else that's crooked on this swiftly tilting planet. I love my Tamron 15-30 VC, and even moreso now that I've added the Fotodiox WonderPana filter system to it.
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New Hampshire's Swift River cascades past trees bright with fall foliage. This location is along the Kancamagus Highway (NH-112), which is famous for its colorful foliage displays.
Photo taken near the Sawyer River Trail trailhead along the Kancamagus Highway between Lincoln and Conway, New Hampshire (USA).
This is a picture of a Swift River Cruiser on the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Fort Meade, Maryland.
Laurel Quad
An attempt at capturing Swifts flying directly towards me from my garden. Amazed that the 7D II managed to track these at all considering their speed!
Feeding on the insects on the wing. Fattening up for the long migration flight through France and Spain to spend their Winter in Africa, south of the Sahara. L.W.T. Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve, Lunt, Sefton, Merseyside.
During Swift Response 2023 exercise I was able to attend some practices at Bardenas Reales shooting range in Spain by USAF A10s. No real fire (not even BRRRRRRRT, because of the ammunition) but great flying demos, some of them for the media. A great day!
Small foxes native to short and mixed grass prairies of the West. Found in the Oklahoma panhandle and northwest corner of the state. Exact numbers of wild ones is not known, but they are found in only 40% of their historic range, so it follows their numbers are down accordingly. This one lives in the Oklahoma Trails Exhibit of the OKC Zoo.
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I took over 200 pictures of flying Swifts and only managed to get a few sharp photos.
No fault with the camera, it was more the erratic flying as they twisted in the air whenever they saw an insect.
To me the sound of the screaming swifts at dusk always reminds me of my childhood . Happy memories !!
Please take A look in Large !! press L
Thanks to everyone that takes the time and makes the effort to comment and fave my pics its very much appreciated
Regards Clive
Last few photos now processed. They are very dark, so when you bring up the shadows they are quite noisy: Topaz Sharpen AI used on all to manage that.
Swift rescue. Amazed to find this little fella or lass in my daughters room. What an incredible bird to have in the hand. The wings are something else!
Just one of the many decaying buildings at the old, abandoned Swift Meat Packing Plant ruins at the Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. A couple years before this shot was made, this particular building had been used as a production office during the time when the location was used as a set for a Guatamalan prison on the Fox TV show "Prison Break". Photo taken in February 2011.
Night, full moon, natural strobe.
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Taylor Swift tries to control her hair against the wind as she visits St. Paul’s Cathedral with a few friends in London on Thursday (May 7).
The 19-year-old country sensation tweeted, “Went to St. Paul’s Cathedral today. Four hundred gazillion stairs + being scolded three different times for having my camera out = fun.”
Taylor performed to a sold-out crowd last night at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
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The swift (Apus apus) can power itself to a speed of 111.6km/h (69.3mph) flying horizontally and even upwards. Other birds, such as peregrine falcons, fly faster while diving in a stoop, but the swift is the fastest accurately recorded flying under its own power.
241) House Swift
House Swift, Apus nipalensis, Layang-layang Rumah
Found from Nepal to Southeast Asia region. Aerial creature that only landed on its nest. Common bird that nesting in buildings at both urban and rural area. Feed on insect that it catch in midair.
Layang-layang Rumah sering disalah kenal sebagai Walit. Ia lebih besar saiznya berbanding Walid. Selalu kelihatan bersarang di bangunan di kawasan bandar dan kampung.
Photographing swifts is so much fun. It does after a few hours result in a lot of deleting as well as aching arms and shoulders. As the sun drops exposure is a lot easier but the window of opportunity is small. The red glow in this bird was about 10 mins before I had to give up for the day due to fading light.
Taken and first posted in 2010 as a small image. Please support "swift-conservation.org" to ensure the future of these birds.
Dewlish, Dorset.
The Swift is a medium-sized aerial bird, which is a superb flyer. Sleeping, eating, bathing and even mating on the wing (while flying), Swifts rarely touch the ground. They are also the fastest birds in level flight, with an impressive top speed of 69mph. Swifts are plain sooty brown, with a white throat, but in flight against the sky they appear black. They have curved wings and a forked tail. Swifts are summer visitors, breeding across the UK, but are most numerous in the south and east. Spending their winters in Africa, Swifts migrate 3,400 miles twice a year, stopping off to refuel in places like Portugal and France along the way. (RSPB).
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If you wait long enough they open their mouths. Which is strange considering their screaming when they buzz you.
Swift Current Falls gets its name for a good reason. This is not a place you want to fall into the water. It would be more than a bumpy ride down. The locations is one of the easiest places to get to however most don’t see it from this angle because they look at it from the bridge above. While it looks good from above I really like the walk down to look back up at the falls and the Mountain in the background. I missed sunrise at this location because I was shooting wildlife but I would love to come back and shoot it during sunrise.
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Alpine swift (Apus melba)
Meaning behind the name:
Apus = Latin, and derived from Greek meaning "without foot" and refers to their appearance of not having any feet.
melba = Unknown origin and is thought to be of Chinese in 1758. One suggestion is the word could then be a shortened form of the Latin "melanoalba" or "melalba" which means "black, white" which is the colour appearance of this swift.
Did you know?
Swifts are unique with their legs and feet, since they are only designed to cling and not perch. They spend almost their entire lives on the wing, only landing to rear up their young.
The English name "Swift" is just one of several names that was given to it. Others include "House swift" (1668), Black Martin or swift (1678). The Alpine swift wasn't well known here at the time, and the "Common swift" was thought to be a bad omen and surrounded by superstition. However, Swift became common usage for this species from 1768. Swifts, Martins and Swallows had all shared names prior due to their simular resemblance to each other.