Theme: Blur/Egret landing

[Indranil Sircar]

Another in-camera blur taken earlier this morning... settings were -

40D, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm, hand held
1/25 sec, f/29 Mode: Tv Metering: Evaluative Exp comp: -1 ISO: 100

Cropped, cleaned-up and darkened bg. C&C will be appreciated.

~ Indranil

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, After attempting these w/ my 500 and coming away with none!! I would say -Excellent!!! Might tone down a couple of bright spots just a bit. Nicely placed in the frame and the motion is clearly implied!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I would reduce the lightness of the LRC, but framing is great. I feel you achieved the movement very well with this image. :) Thanks for sharing. I will work on tele blurs this coming week for future themes.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great contrast between the bird and BG Indranil. Might even like to see more BG around it if you have it!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Indranil, These aren't the easiest to pull off. Unlike the flower or plant abstracts/motion blurs.....I feel you need the face sharp (kind of like Dave's post below yours). Remember.....just my preference. You need a really good/steady pan to achieve that, in camera, with the slow SS's. Alfred and Fabs are masters at this......hope they chime in.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Indranil, I love the composition and the motion. The bg colors are really nice also.:)

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Cheryl

[Indranil Sircar]

Akos, Denise, thanks. Here is a repost with the changes...

Jackie, Roman, Cheryl, thanks for the feedback and the suggestions.