Little Tornado

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

D3 200f/2 + TC17EII (340 mm) 1/40 @ f/22 ISO200 + 0.3EV bright sunrise light, pan blur

Caught this little whirlwind at the edge of a pan blur, some color & contrast in LAB mode curves, a little perspective distortion & liquify to straighten the false horizon. I couldn't figure out what this was in the camera preview ;)

Cheers,

-Michael-

[denise ippolito]

Too funny Michael, The foam /wave looks nice and soft. I love your little tornado-I do wish the head had a bit more detail-but this is still very cute.

[Judy Howle]

This is really a really cool image! I like the blur and the effect on the foam.

[Christopher Miller]

Very cute image, Michael! The bird really does resemble a tornado! :) Love the colors and the soft look of the foam.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Michael, a "twirling dervish" bird:) Very clever. I really love the foam too.

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nice, Michael. Love the perspective.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Michael.

Neat effects. :cool:

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Denise, Judy, Christopher, Cheryl, Indranil, Mark,

Thanks much! I appreciate your comments... A little tired from chasing these peeps for detail, so I thought, hey, I should try a few blurs for grins. It was pretty fun :) I'll have to go there more often...

Cheers,

-Michael-