I read Artie's books. I was at Circle B Bar Reserve in March of last year. It was just beginning to get light, the wading birds were dropping into a shallow pool of water that provided a feeding frenzy. Too dark for normal photography so I tried blurs. WDYT? Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/15 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2 ISO 360 Auto 1 WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2018 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Hey Joe, I like the pose and the degree of blurring. With single birds, try 1/30 or 1//60. In a perfect world, you can get the head and eye a bit sharp ... The closer the bird, the more the blurring at a given shutter speed.
The bird is too far forward in the frame -- it needs more room in front than behind, just as a sharp image would. I think that a boost in contrast would help as well.
with love, artie
ps: for the rest of the boys and girls: A Guide to Pleasing Blurs by Denise Ippolito and yours truly -- an e-Guide.
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Mucho better. Now try some at 1/60 sec. With single birds you will still get a nice blur.
with love, artie
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I like it Jo, I am hoping I may get a barn owl but the light is currently very low so this technique maybe worthwhile giving a try. I like the darker toned one but must admit I also like the first.
I get what you were going for, but it's too abstract for my taste. As it is looks shot through a fogged car window. Would have worked better with a bit ore light and slightly faster shutter. But I'm too scared to even try stuff like this since I know I can't make it work!
This is an interesting image Joseph! I like the increased contrast on the bird in the last repost but the BG of the original . I wonder what it would look like if they were combined. Well done.