I only just got around to processing some pictures from back in june, i need to stop working so hard, or just stop being lazy im not sure which it is. Whilst visiting ‘lizard point’, the most southerly point in england, I happened upon a nest of swallows. After waiting for a long time to make sure the parents were ok with us being there, I got a few pictures of them coming into feed the chicks.
The nest was located in the rafters of an old abondoned building with no window panes, looking directly out onto the sea. It was pretty dark in there so I had to resort to using flash, but it allowed fast shutter speeds to freeze the wing beats of the parent bird. These parent birds would swoop through the window with beaks full of bugs for the chicks, only staying on the nest for a matter of seconds before going out to find more food. It made capturing the moment they were fed challenging.
