Flying away

[Dan Brown]

I added saturation to the original capture then reduced noise before adding an Orton layer, cropped about 40%. Too bad he’s flying away:D.

Handheld
NIKON D200
Shutter speed: 1/15 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Optional,TTL
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal length: 210mm

[denise ippolito]

Hi Dan, The colors and the blur are wonderful! I agree, too bad he's flying away. I would probably take a little off top. I like this alot!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Dan,
I actually like the capture, Ideally the bird should be flying to you not away...I like the tones and hues of the background, I also like the motion blurr...I would suggest moving the subject to the right just a tad...good show...:cool:

[Julie Kenward]

Love the colors in this, Dan. I think the bird flying away would have been okay for me had it not been quite so centered. I'd love to have seen him on the right flying across the horizon - then I think I could have accepted the backwards view better.

It is really interesting as is and a very nice blur!

[Alfred Forns]

No problem with the bird going away Dan !!! Just place it out of the center as suggested. Small birds in frame always look good in one of the corners, here lower right would be the choice for me !!!

Great feel and love that bg !!! You got a good one !!!

[Fabs Forns]

The sky is your stronger point here, although a bit noisy as presented. With the bird going away, as suggested, I'd placce him on the lower right of the image, so he can conitnue on his journey to the end of the frame.