Feathers - Look At The Harlequins!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Everyone,
Another one for the project :D
1D 3 300 f/2.8 + 1.4
TV mode - 1/25sec f/14
ISO 500
Exp comp @ + 1
This is part of a series that I worked on from images that I took of the captive macaws at Butterfly World in South Florida. I ended up with nine very abstract images that I liked. As well as the slow shutter speeds and moving birds, I was also experimenting with camera movement as well. I cropped the pictures to suit my compositional ideas. The whole series can be viewed on my website (if so desired!!) in the 'Look At The Harlequins! portfolio.
Look forward to your C & C's.
Best regards to all,
Nicki

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Nicki, very creative work. Loved the pattern and the color. beautifully handled.

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet. My favorite part is the texture of the shafts in the lrc.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Nicki, what I like in this, is how we see the sharp detail in the LRC, and moving through to the ULC where the detail is soft. Great transition. Just love the overall blue hue. Well done.

[Tony Whitehead]

Agree that sharp LRC is crucial to this working and it works beautifully. Well seen and executed, Nicki,

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely. The motion blur and transition from soft to sharp makes the image for me.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool, I like this a lot. Composition, texture, mood and colors make this one for me.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Thank you everyone - much appreciated :)

[Phil Ertel]

I think this is stunning! The colors and textures are very lovely. I also really like how you got this effect in camera. Well done!!!

[Fabs Forns]

I remember seeing this one when you were here, you managed quite an interesting series with the macaws. I like your light rendition and the textures.
Thanks, girl, good to see your vision.

[denise ippolito]

Nicki, Very nice. I love the sweeping lines and the texture makes this one special.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Phil, Fabs and Denise, thanks so much! Fabs, I wondered if you would recognize this ;)

[Krijn Trimbos]

Very artistic and beautiful. Love the colour blue and the patterns created! Congrats.

[Doug Brown]

Just love this image Nicki! The sharp RLC works well as an anchor and the transition to OOF works beautifully!

[Jay Tan]

Beautiful colors and texture shown here! Could have been used as an abstract art piece!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Krijn, Doug and Jay, thanks so much for your very kind comments - much appreciated :)

[Juan Aragonés]

Very good one Nicky, love the almost magical quality of this one