Weekly Theme - Peacock Blur (C)

[Rachel Hollander]

Well, as I was warned, blurs are addictive. I went to the Bronx Zoo this week to test out a new lens and they have peacocks running around especially near the restaurant. So I decided to play with a few blurs of the feathers.

Canon 5D3
300 2.8 II
0.3
f22
ISO 100
Cropped for comp, levels, curves, contrast boost, Hougaard Malan action and resized in CS6.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Cheryl Slechta]

Rachel, the fun part of blurs is you can do them anywhere on anything with any lens. I do them with my 100-400 all the time. I really like the colors and the fact that you can see the eyes. There are a couple of dust spots you might want to clean up. I hope you keep on doing them!

[Steve Adkins]

Rachel, Love the abstract, graphic quality that this blur has. Also, seeing the etched movement is intriguing. Well done!

[Kerry Perkins]

Yes, they are big fun and definitely addicting. I like the subject you picked, nice colors and detail. Good diagonal motion too!

[Dennis Bishop]

Blurred peacock feathers . . . What a sharp idea. I'd have never thought of it, but the result is great. I really like the colors, the diagonal, and the amount of blur. Having some of the feathers aligned with the blur and others not is very effective.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Glad you like it.

Rachel

[Nancy Bell]

Excellent! Love the colors and the great lines. Well done that the eyes are easily seen.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Nancy

[Christopher Miller]

A beautiful blur, Rachel! Love the colors, and I like how the feather details show through the blur.

[Nick Palmieri]

Really nice idea on this one. It works well in my opinion, the lines created by the pan bring this alive. Nice job!

[gary ellwein]

Well done, I like the 3D effect.

[Jeannean Ryman]

Oooo, I love this! Nice blur and colors!

[Dan Brown]

Great work, Rachel! Beautiful greens and the spots show nicely. I am not familiar with the Hougaard Malan action? Have to google it!

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks everyone. Dan-the Hougaard Malan action I used is just a contrast enhancement action. Morkel posted links to it and some others in the Landscape Forum.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Anita Bower]

Congratulations! Lovely colors and blur.