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!
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.
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....
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.