Spoonbill Blur Pano

[Robert Amoruso]

From Gatorland this past weekend. The sun had already gone down and I was at ISO 1000 for this image. The 1D Mark III is so good at high ISO - no noise correction for this image. Pano stitched from four of seven images in a series.

Canon 1D Mark III
100-400mm @ 300mm
1/100 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Manual
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 1000

[Shawn Marques]

Hey Robert. Wow, it looks great considering the not so ideal lighting, And I like the "applying the brakes" blurred sequence shots- it gives it a nice artsy look with pleasing motion. But I am not sure about those particular trees on the bottom, as my eyes get drawn to them. I really like the image, though! Best regards

[Robert Amoruso]

Shawn,

Thanks for the input on the trees. I am undecided on them.

[Shawn Marques]

As I vision the image without the trees, it does appear that it needs something there. I'd be indecisive, too!

[David Kennedy]

I think the trees help a great deal, I just wish for a little more of them. I am enjoying the influx of wildlife panoramas in this forum!

[Bob Ettinger]

I like the image and the action but am not sure about the trees. At this point I am leaning toward removing them.