Maple blur

[Dan Brown]

This is an in-camera blur of spring Japanese Maple leaves. I cropped a little, cloned a couple small areas, added a Topaz adjust5 layer and then used a twist filter at 61 degrees. C&C welcome.

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful composition, Dan! I love the entwined effect and pattern from the filters. Very nice!

[Dennis Bishop]

The distinct edges sets this apart from many of the blurs I've seen. Variable wind with no camera movement? I like the image a lot but think I'd prefer it flipped horizontally so the diagonal runs the other way.

[Nancy Bell]

Wonderful delicate swirling lines. I like that the repeating shapes and greens give it a cohesion that encourages your eye to travel around the image like a dancer following the swirls and feeling a light sense of swaying motion. The background colors a soft & lovely.

[Kerry Perkins]

I like the motion and colors, well done! Nice soft abstract brush effect.

[Mitch Carucci]

Wonderful, kaleidoscopic flow.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Dan, I love the flow and the fact that you can tell they're Japanese maples. Did the Twist filter affect the original image a lot (did it contribute to all the swirls) or were you moving the camera to achieve the motion?

[Dan Brown]

Dan, I love the flow and the fact that you can tell they're Japanese maples. Did the Twist filter affect the original image a lot (did it contribute to all the swirls) or were you moving the camera to achieve the motion?

Thanks all. Cheryl, the twist added to the in-camera blur a little S curving. I moved the camera in an arc at 1/5th of a second.