Move as One

[Morkel Erasmus]

Not as impressive as the European Starling murmurations, but these can be nearly as spectacular if you find a big enough flock. This flock was quite small, but I liked the effect of the slow shutter panning.
Red-billed Quelea, photographed in Mana Pools (Zimbabwe).

Techs:
Nikon Df
Nikkor 80-400mm VR-II @ 270mm
f14 | 1/15 SS | ISO-100

[Loi Nguyen]

Wow, Morkel, fantastic!!! Love it. The shaft of light matching the colors of the bird and the ground made a nice contrast to the darker green BG. Loi

[Jonathan Ashton]

Me too love the ambiance /atmosphere of the image the slow shutter speed was an excellent idea.

[Marina Scarr]

This is quite unique, Morkel, and I am really enjoying the feel. It's also thought-provoking which is always good. The color combo is great and love the feeling of motion.

[shane shacaluga]

Wonderfully done Morkel

Need to try a few of these myself

TFS

[Randy Stout]

Morkel:

It almost feels as if one large 'creature' is writhing through the air here, very cool.

Play of color and light adds sense of action, as of course the slow shutter speed.

Very curious what you think of the Df for wildlife use.

Randy

[Joseph Przybyla]

Very nice Morkel, wonderful feel of motion to the image. Your image makes me want to try it, now only to find a flock of birds. Thank you for sharing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very effective and conveys a nice sense of speed. Excellent comp. Wondering if toning down the brightest area at bottom would help with the flow of the image...

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mork, great use of a slow ss, and I like the effect of the lines in the BG from panning. Nice flow of lines of the flock through the image.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Morkel unusual and interesting image . Think i need a while to like it totally. What i definitely like is the color palette and the overall tone/contrast.
For sure it is worth to experiment , congrats that you did so.

TFS Andreas

[Tom van den Brandt]

I like the artistic approach. If I like it as a bird picture I don't know yet. But you make me think about it and that's good I do like the colors in this image.

Tom

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks everyone. This won't be everyone's cuppa-tea but I like to experiment more than I like to just nail a certain type of sharp ID pic.
Daniel - good suggestion!

[Jim Crosswell]

Very interesting and appealing image Morkel!

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful artistic image, Morkel. It has a lot of interest would look great on any wall.