Low Flying at St Gothians

Late start today due to the van not starting, 3 hours and 2 RAC chaps to fix it!!!! Anyhow managed to get to Godrevy for 3pm instead of 12, sun was out most of the time so used the light to photograph the swallows and sand martins. It is best to get the swallows flying towards the sun to illuminate the red/black head. The pictures are here but it wasn't easy, tried first with the teleconverter but no joy once i reverted to standard 6oomm shots started coming off. Click on the images to see a larger version.

Swallow: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F4.5, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop

Sand Martin: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F4.5, 1/2500 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop

Swallow: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F4.5, 1/2000 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop

Sand Martin: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F4.5, 1/800 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop

Swallow: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F4.5, 1/640 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop

Buzzard: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop

Rook: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F4.5, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop

Sand Martins; Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F4.5, 1/800 sec, ISO 400, + 1 Stop