Cormorant blur

[Octavio Campos Salles]

A couple Neotropical Cormorants shot at a nearby lake. I did some traditional frozen flight shots while there was enough light, but then the sun got away and I tried some motion blurs. I got several frames but I liked this one the best, with two birds. Hope you like it.



Nikon D200
Nikkor 600mm f/4 AF-S
1/30 @ f/5.6
ISO 320

[Octavio Campos Salles]

I wonder why the thumbnail isn't showing at the forum?

EDIT: ok fixed it.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the idea and composition but would prefer if the heads were in focus.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice idea and pano crop. I wish they were not merging with each other.

[Adams Serra]

Oi Octavio,
I like the idea as well, I would like to see the birds bigger in the frame

[Jim Fenton]

So I'll add mine :)

A) I like the pano and I'm not concerned about the subject size relative to the frame. This is more of a study of motion in space than of the subject itself in my eyes.

B) Agree that it would be better if there was separation between the subjects as there are only two of them.

C) Personally, the blurred heads don't bother me at all and if they were sharp and the bodies blurred as they are, folks who looked at this and didn't know might question why?