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Photography: Using fast shutter speed to capture flight

A cliff swallow (ornithologist please confirm), those harbingers of summer, were the subject of work with fast shutter speed on a Saturday shoot in Little Cake, Adair County, KY.
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By Jason Mardis

LITTLE CAKE, KY (Sat 28 May 2016) - I recently sent some photos using slow shutter speed, so figured I would send you some using fast shutter speed.

I took some photos today of birds flying around in the field.



Don't know what there exactly called, but I all ways called them swallows.

I do know there fast little boogers. To freeze them in mid air I was using the fastest shutter speed my camera could do, which was 1-4000 of a second.

I came out with about 15 pretty good photos but just to get the 15 shots that were ok, I had to take over 300 shots. Here is I think the best three.

Jason Mardis, is a professional photographer who specializes in drone photography and events packages. He is the owner of Aerial Concepts, Columbia, KY. Phone 270-250-1867.


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Birds of Kentucky: Swallow in flight, nearing targeted food



2016-05-29 - Little Cake, Adair County, KY - Photo by Jason Mardis, Aerial Concepts, Columbia, KY (c) Phone 270-250-1867.
Graceful, entertaining flyer, cliff swallows are great assets in reducing insect numbers. This one is in a landing pattern in a new mown field in the Little Cake area. Professional photographer Jason Mardis captured this moment using a 1/4000th of a second shutter speed and following the flight. For more on the species, see: Wikipedia entry: Cliff Swallow

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Birds of Kentucky: Swallow in flight



2016-05-29 - Little Cake, Adair County, KY - Photo by Jason Mardis, Aerial Concepts, Columbia, KY (c) Phone 270-250-1867.
Jason Mardis captured this view of a Barn Swallow in flight, this time catching its underbelly while it was overhead. For flight, he uses a fast shutter speed, following the subject in sync with its speed.

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