Swallow in flight

[greybeard]

D850, crop mode, 70-300 @ 300mm f/5.6, 1/2500, auto iso

 

[jeffashman]

Nice catch! Those buggers are fast and hard to catch.

 

[greybeard]

Nice catch! Those buggers are fast and hard to catch.

I was at 1/2500 and should have been at 1/4000 or even 1/8000

 

[Underdog]

I was at 1/2500 and should have been at 1/4000 or 1/8000

These come to my back porch every year...

 

[greybeard]

There were several flying around my sister in law's place at break neck speed. None of them would land so it was sort of a spray and pray thing. I was lucky to have gotten anything at all.

 

[Underdog]

There were several flying around my sister in law's place at break neck speed. None of them would land so it was sort of a spray and pray thing. I was lucky to have gotten anything at all.

How would you even focus?
I've never seen them perch.
They're maniacs.
In a hurry.
With OCD.
Hopped up on speed.