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    Albert Froneman
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    Tried my hand at motion blurs on some Cape Gannets towards the end of last year.

    Cropped a bit off the image top, bottom and right to eliminate some distracting waves.

    NIKON D3
    Shutter speed: 1/30 sec
    Aperture: 18
    ISO: 100
    Exposure mode: Av
    500mm VR
    AF mode: AF-C


    Comments welcome :)

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    The eye is so sharp and the blur of the wings give a sense of speed Love the picture

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    I like the idea, BG and the fact that the head is sharp. Makes the gannet almost look like a hummingbird. :)

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    I think the pastel coloring of the entire image helps this effect. Nicely done at that shutter speed. It does appear a bit 'ghostly' as a head-in-flight but I do like the creativeness of your image. Beautiful bird they are!

    Karl

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    Albert, I think the affect and the result both are great:). I am just not yet on the level where this type of photography appeals to my personal taste.:o I love your crisp birds better, ever since your broadbilled roller at it's nest hole some years ago - I think it was shot with an F5 at the time.

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    Thanks for the comments folks - Callie yes one I suppose needs to develop a taste for this type of photography ;) I should post that Roller some time :) - it was shot with a Nikon F1 and a 640mm Novoflex....

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    The sharp head, blurred wings and pastel colors make for a pleasing image, Albert. Well done.

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    Nice post Albert. I am on the "loving it" side. Maybe the eye could have been just a bit sharper but the head stands out enough to keep the focus. Very cool.

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    Like this very much, Albert, and the colours work really well with the soft blur. Glad to see you posting here, looking forward to your images.

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