Project: GBH blur

[Bill Dix]

Great Blue Heron from my local lake last Friday. I find blurs to be very subjective. I've done a number of them (intentionally and otherwise), and more often than not they don't come out the way I visualized them. For some reason this one appealed to me, so I'd be interested to hear others' comments. Minor levels adjustment; full width, pano crop from top and added slight canvas to the bottom.

D90 | 80-400 VR @ 400mm | 1/60s @ f/7.1 | +1.3 EV | HH

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Bill, this is very surreal...yes, it appeals to me too.

[Richard Stern]

Hi Bill,

It appeals to me too. The overall effect is more like an impressionist painting than a photograph. Suitable for Halloween, it looks almost ghostly!

Richard

[denise ippolito]

Bill, I like the amount of blur. It looks painterly. I'm not fond of the color cast and would love to see it w/o it. The way the neck bends is lovely.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you Kaustubh, Richard and Denise for the comments. Denise, I hadn't realized quite how much blue cast there was until you pointed it out. Here's a repost with a #85 filter applied at 25% density. This was just a quick fix to the jpeg, and looks a bit dingy. I'll go back to the master TIFF and try setting a white point for a better result. Thanks.

[denise ippolito]

Bill, I think it looks much better.:) PS- I like the website!