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*Barn Swallow* (34)
thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 794 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
After all the Garden Spiders i found something
completely different while going through my archive:

A Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) i could capture
feeding its 4 young ones in Athens, not far from the Acropolis.

The nest was underneath a balcony (photo in the WS-section)
and a little in the shade, so the quality is not so
good, and i had to use ISO1600 in order get a short exposure time.

I waited underneath the balcony for about 20 minutes
and was able to take 2 feeding series, until my lovely
wife urged me to move on.

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The Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) is a small migratory
passerine bird found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the
Americas. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved,
pointed wings. It is often just called Swallow in
Europe, although the term 'swallow' refers more widely
to various members of the family Hirundinidae.
The Barn Swallow makes their nests out of mud.

[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_Swallow]

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Kameramodell Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Aufnahmedatum/-zeit 16.06.2007 14:46:22
Aufnahmemodus Blendenautomatik
Tv (Verschlusszeit) 1/500
Av (Blendenzahl) 7.1
Messmodus Mehrfeldmessung
Belichtungskorrektur 0
Filmempfindlichkeit (ISO) 1600
Objektiv 18.0 - 250.0 mm
Brennweite 250.0 mm
Bildgröße 3888x2592
Bildqualität Fein
Blitz Aus
Weißabgleich Man. Weißabgl
AF-Betriebsart One-Shot AF
Bildstil Anw. Def. 2(Standard)
Schärfe 2
Kontrast 1
Farbsättigung 1
Farbton 1
Farbraum sRGB
Rauschminderung Automatisch
Dateigröße 4559 KB
Transportart Reihenbild-Aufnahme

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thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 794 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
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Edited by:thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 794 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)

Here you can see the balcony where the nest was.