THEME: BLUR - River rapids

Some time ago, bored between bird subjects I wanted to create a blur. This is about the only deliberate blur I did in camera. Had a quick play tonight, but will resume tomorrow evening with a tripod. No time sadly.

I used my 300mm telephoto and a shutter speed of 1/6th hand held to slow down the water and make the blur. I kind of like the little white caps. Only made two images and I liked this better.

Not sure what you fine gang think. :)

Akos, I think there is an interesting flow of lines and I like that you did a B&W. Might try to open up the URC a bit. I think you did great for a first blur!!Well done!!

this is a beginning.......I would really like to see a splash of color here

Thanks. :) I am not happy with the URC myself and will try a layer mask, though I only read about them and never used one. So fun it will be.

Agreed about color, but I deliberately desaturated as the river looks yuck anyway. Told you I suck at blurs! :D

You got a nice blur here, mate.

I really like the flow in this Akos and the nice tones. I tried some dodging to bring the highlights more, hopefully your eye will start in the ULC where I tried to make the whites the lightest.

Thanks for looking Jackie and for taking the time to rework the image and explain your tools/techniques used. I sincerely appreciate your feedback. :)

Hi Akos, Nice abstract you came up with, and Jackie's repost makes it even better. Like your choice of B&W as well.

Hi,

I played with the master psd for a while with some dodging and burning. See if this is better? Maybe overdone? Especially the URC.

Thanks for looking.

I think it's an improvement, Akos. To me the URC looks rather contrasty and doesn't fit well with the rest of the image. I would suggest bringing out more gray tones and maybe tone down the highlights a tiny bit in that area so it fits better with the rest of the picture. Hope that makes sense!

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Originally Posted by Christopher Miller

I think it's an improvement, Akos. To me the URC looks rather contrasty and doesn't fit well with the rest of the image. I would suggest bringing out more gray tones and maybe tone down the highlights a tiny bit in that area so it fits better with the rest of the picture. Hope that makes sense!

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Thanks you Christopher, those were my exact thoughts. Just not sure how I could have gone about it. Thanks for the tips buddy. :)

I like your repost Akos, well done...I like the fluid motion...:cool: