Excellent action shot! Not only is the composition, dof, and color well done; it is a little narrative.

Very nice photo:-) jitka

in a word 'perfection'

This is extremely beutiful to me.

What a stroke of luck to capture such interaction.Excelent job with exposure,DOF and sharpness.

Great shot. Congratulations What was the problem ? A chick ? 7/7

Great capture!

Beautiful. You should submit this to a birding magazine.

Fab photo

A superb shot.... very well done... Kim :o)

Brian...excellent capture...how exciting to have captured this moment...well done...DanT

wow! awesome! just great! regards!

Very very very good.

Very funny action shot! Very nice colors and details.

Vey fine action jot my friend, have a Happy Holiday season.

Cheers.

Well done man, very very excelent shot of birds

Decisive moment, Bryan, right in between their quarreling..;-)) Nice shot.

Good photo!

This is among the best of the best. Getting great compositions and behaviors, along with perfect technical execution and composition... it doesn't get any better than this. Fantastic Job!!!

wow!! i love the flapping wings, yet clear as day subjects!!!!

man my pictures really don't compare up to urs at all!!!!

way to go!

Unique capture Bryan. Nice light, DOF, action.

What a moment!!excellent action shot!

Unique capture, you catch the moment. An excellent photo technicaly flawless. Congrats !

I have read all the comments. Most of them are excellent, amazing, fab, fantastic.....etc. etc. Well, these terms are very generic and can mean differently for different people. I agree, sometimes, we can not explain what we feel and take advantage of these terms. And, on the other hand, sometimes we fail to appreciate the specific value and .... again .... take advantage of these terms! I see a difference in the use in both cases.

No doubt this is a "good" shot .... sorry for being rude to above comments .... and all the points go to freezing such a lovely moment.

Let me share why i like this shot: Look at the eye contact of these birds! Great scene that both are very direct and determined. It could be a teritorial fight and see how the defendent is yelling at the intruder! The intruder seems very confident and damn serious. Its landing motion is creating a real value of this event!

What i am unable to understant is that the left wing of the landing bird is in full swing and covering the other bird (as the traces show) ... and at the same time .... the bird on the left is looking very sharp?? Bryan can you comment on this?

It would be very helpful if you could share some other details like the lens used, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, your distance from birds etc. Thanks.

Hi Syed, Thanks for your time and comments. I've added the tech details for you and others to see. As for the shutter speed and the left bird being more focused: a 640th of a sec was enough to freeze the swallow on the left because it was almost stationary at the time, but I would have probably needed about a 2000th of a sec (or less) to freeze the landing one. It's kinda strange that they both wanted this little spot on the railing - there was plenty of room all around for lots of birds to land - it just had to have that particular spot. Oh well, makes for a nice image for me...

I think you are an allien. No human being could capture this right moment :-)

wow Dashing pic Congratulations God Bless U

This a great image... Well Done!!

- Congratulation - WellDone and beautiful shot!

Talk about capturing the moment! Superb!