Artistic blur or just a bad shot?

[Paul Burdett]

Caught quite a few black shouldered Kites yesterday...some in flight looking straight at me. However, I thought I'd try for a creative blur shot for a change. When I saw it on the computer my first thought (and maybe yours too...lol) was to trash it, but the more I looked at it the more I liked it (and that's all that matters..right?:w3)despite the HA, noise etc. Anyhow...feel free to comment good or bad. Cheers.
7Dii, 100-400 at 400mm, 1/200th sec, f5.6, iso800, in AV mode hand-held.

[Tim Foltz]

Paul, hate to say it but for me just a bad shot, HA is wrong, bird is moving away, talons are the main focal point IMO.

-Tim

[arash_hazeghi]

Agree with Tim Paul, this one isn't working for me....

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Paul, ditto Tim's and Ari's comments. If mine I would trash it for the reasons said. Thank you for sharing.

[gail bisson]

Trash bin for me but if YOU like it, keep it!!
Gail

[Isaac Grant]

Head angle is wrong, wing position is wrong, focus point is wrong but i like it! Interesting and unique. I would keep it for sure.

[Bill Dix]

I don't mind the blur, but just wish the bird was angled toward you. Still, I'd keep it in the file.

[Paul Burdett]

Thanks all...I guess I was expecting the "trash it" comments, but I'm with Isaac on this one. Cheers!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm afraid this one would be a "delete" for me as well. A different take on the subject.

[David Salem]

Keep it for now because the funny thing is you can look back on it in a few years and laugh at how you spent time on an image like that. :bg3: I look back on stuff and crack up at what I thought was killer. It's all relative. Keep shooting and you will better this by a mile!!

[Paul Burdett]

Hi David. I agree:w3

[Arthur Morris]

Bad shot. Pleasing blurs need to meet the same standards as sharp shots do ... Everything matters: sharp focus, subject to sensor plane orientation, head angle, light angle, image design, and wing position for starters. This image is not up to snuff on most of those.

See A Guide to Pleasing Blurs here. (http://birdsasart-shop.com/a-guide-to-pleasing-blurs/)

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