Chasing 'em

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For peeps, I seem to always be on the move... trying to place myself before they get there, then just barely get the shot, if I'm lucky, before they are off. Pretty happy with this one, but they were in the lower left (er, a little faster than my tracking).

Lots of moving the canvas around to get them in the upper right (cloning, shifting layer merge...lots and lots of cloning). Other than that just some saturation toning with Lab curves.

Thanks for looking...

Cheers,

-Michael-

Michael, I like where you placed them in the frame. The diamond pattern is lovely as are the colors. The one line on the lower left edge is mildly distracting. Nice pp work.

Beautiful composition, Michael. Nice diamond effect and i like soft colors here. nicely framed.

I like this one a lot. Funny thing is I like the front bird a lot better than the rear one.

What was the light like in the ORIG? A crop from the bottom as Denise hinted at would work for me also.

Very nice blur, Michael. Perfect placement of the birds, and I love the soft colors and motion. Well done.

Denise, Indranil, Artie, Christopher,

Thanks much for the comments... They are much appreciated. I agree with cropping off the dark streak on the bottom...

Artie, here's the original (warts and all)...

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D3 200ft + TC17EII (340mm) 1/30 f/22 ISO200 +1.33EV

They flew out on a wave and were flying back as the wave receded... I was struggling to keep up :)

Cheers,

-Michael-

Michael, nice processing on this one. I like how you have adjusted the comp so that the birds are in the upper right. Well done!

Thanks much, Andrew.

Cheers,

-Michael-