Back-lit Pan Blur

Roseate Spoonbill
Tampa Bay - Hooptie Deux
Nikon D300 Sigma 300 - 800mm F5.6 @ 800mm
Gitzo Tripod Custom Mongoose 3.5a
ISO 400
1/80 @ F11
AF-C using Dynamic 51 point 3D tracking

Man are back lit pan blur fun!

James

I would say you nailed it. The head is super sharp and the blur of the wing and BG is superb.

James;

A beauty, nice on all the technicals. Not an easy shot at 800mm!


The only thing I might try is to lighten the eye just a smidge.


Thanks for sharing.

Randy

Wow, agree with above,
sharp head vs. blurred wings, nice.
The contrast of the bird color
with the BG is superb.

Cheers, Ilija

Well executed blur Darth !!!! Love seeing that sharp head with blurred bg !!! Big Congrats on this one !!!

Gorgeous ... can't stop staring at this one!

Love the way the blur is almost all in the wings and the contrasting bg puts it
way over the top for me!

James, Very beautiful! I like the sharp head with the nicely blurred wings and BG. Well done.

Super dooper blur, with a sharp head and great colors, what's not to like :)

makes me wanna cry .....

Pin sharp where it counts, and always great to see different species that we dont get here in South Africa. Well captured James.

Excellent work James. I'm hoping to create something like that soon.

Show off James. Well done my friend.

some how I missed this image. Very wise selection of shutter speed. Just enough blur to make a wonderful image.