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    When Artie and I were at Circle B Bar Reserve in early December he was showing me how to capture blurs in the early morning light. This is one of the images I captured. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    You needed some head sharpness for this to work for me, but nice effort, keep it up.
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    I like this one a lot. I love the feet and the degree of blurring of the wings. The bill and lores are sharp enough to avoid any confusion. You can get a pretty sharp head and eye about once in a thousand, that when you match the speed of the moving bird with your panning rate.

    What mode were you in?

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    Hey Joe, this would qualify for a new name: "The White Ghost!" Good for you to keep working the blurs. I like the swish movement in the wings and the yellow feet!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    What mode were you in?

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    Hi Artie, I was in Shutter Priority Mode. Thank you for viewing and commenting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph Przybyla View Post
    Hi Artie, I was in Shutter Priority Mode. Thank you for viewing and commenting.
    Thanks Joe. And YAW. Good students listen :)

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    Lovely capture Joe. I agree with the previous comments that it would the stronger with a sharp, or sharper, head. The contrast with the white against the green is beautiful though. It would be better is the bright green strip in the middle wasn't there I think. Otherwise the BG is the real strenght of the frame for me together with the wing blur and the yellow feet.

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