Crested Guinea Fowl Blur

[Jeni Williams]

Better late than never - my "blur" at last!!!:D
I tried an in- camera blur, although I had to use a flash as it was raining and the fowls were under shrubs, I tried keeping focus on the eye and panning as the bird moved.
Canon 40D
SS 1/60sec
Exp bias: + 0.67EV
F/4
ISO 400
Focal length: 169mm
Flash

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Good skill in getting the eye sharp while the rest of the picture blur. The blur on the head, due to feather pointing to the left, seem like the bird is getting blown away backward by a strong wind. However the raise foot forward suggest a motion of moving forward, which is kind of contradict to the head blur. I might crop the image to just only the head area.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

You did well to keep the focus on the eye Jeni. Even got a bit of a head turn:)

[Cheryl Flory]

really like the blur in this image. and the dots, even though they really get to you. lol

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jeni - well done on the sharp eye - this is sort of a static blur - in that the bird doesn't seem to be going anywhere - For my personal tastes would have liked to see some indication that the bird was moving in a forward direction. The spots make it hard to look at after a little while.

Keep at it and keep em coming :)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Jeni,
I like that sharp eye...good blur...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

Sweet blur, you did really good w/keeping the eye nice and in focus. TFS:)