Pelican blur

[Paul Burdett]

Hi all. I guess this is one that you either like or dislike (I like it)...It's my attempt at an artistic blur shot of Pelicans at one of my favourite spots of late.
Canon 7Dii, 100-400@227mm, 1/4sec, f36, iso100, TV mode.
My next attempts will be to not overexpose the highlights and use Manual mode.

[arash_hazeghi]

this isn't working for me to be honest Paul, there is nothing sharp in the image to anchor it

TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Thanks Arash...but I didn't want anything sharp. Different strokes I guess.

[David Roach]

Just love this canvas overall, Paul. It totally works for me. The lines radiating from the bottom center, then some horizontal and then the splashes of white and especially blue on all those earth tones... TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Hi David. Thanks so much for the kind feedback...it's appreciated.

[kevin Hice]

Paul I am up in the air on this one. Typically I don't care for Blurs. Some things I like it grabs your attention.I haven't tried one yet because I think it takes too many tries to get one right. Krishna did one last year at Bosque that I liked and have seen some that Artie has done that I liked. TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Hi Kevin. No problem...I'm fairly new to blurs anyhow. Cheers.

[William Dickson]

I can see what you were trying to achieve here Paul, I would have liked to have seen the birds heads sharper, I think this would have made a big difference to the image.

Will

[Paul Burdett]

Thank you William...I'll try that next time. Cheers.

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Not quite there yet but please keep going, its a refreshing break from the blindingly sharp images everyone always expect.