European Starling Blur ***copied to OOTB***

[Rosl Roessner]

I took this image when large flocks of starling flew in for the night to rest in a sheltered area.
I tried a lot with different shutter speed.
The image I like most is the one I attached.
I really like to hear your image critique...
At least I had a great evening, joining the birds and my camera :S3:, even if your critique is heavy :w3
BTW: Good to be back here again; hope I have more time to learn here again!

Mark IV
Canon 70 - 200 f 2.8
1/25 sec / f 25 / ISO 1000

Rose

[Arthur Morris]

I love everything about this one including the black and white look, the different degrees of blurring, and the shape of the flock. Great to see you back here.

[Tom Rambaut]

Love the different degrees of bluring as it gives the feel that the flock if rolling (if that is the right word)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow this is great!! Very creative and artistic. I love the distorted curvature on some of the birds. I'm copying this to OOTB as this image deserves to bee seen there...:w3

[Stuart Hill]

Vary rare I like blurs. I love this one. Abstract and graphical, B&W was definately the right choice. I hope this image is hanging somewhere!

regards.
Stu.

[Jim Fenton]

Rosl....this is just stunning, especially with the negative space in the upper left and the differing blurs thoughout.

Really like the high key approach!

[Hilary Hann]

Wow, this one caught my eye from the thumbnail. Stunning execution of your idea to give a beautiful image for us to enjoy. Does deserve to be enlarged.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful image. Well seen and executed. Love the comp.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful artistic image. Great blur and really like the black-and-whites.
Well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Brilliant shot - one for the BBC Wildlife competition next year!!

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely shot Rose. Very creative and thanks for posting. Looking forward to more.

[Rosl Roessner]

Wow, I never thought that your critique is so positive!
Do you really think, that this is one for a competition? :tinysmile_shy_t:
Thank you for having a look at my post!

[Greg Basco]

Rosl, I really like this. I think it's definitely worth submitting to WPOTY. They seemed to really like high-key images this year:S3: In any case, it's really well-executed and has a great artistic feel to it in terms of the motion and the composition.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[John Chardine]

Hi Rose I missed this one. I love it. Reminds me a bit of Escher!

It's great to have you back here. I remember you posting a lot WAY back when.