I really was following a few flying geese trying to get a good blur. At some point the geese disappeared and I didn't stop panning quick enough. I was surprised to find this when I downloaded the images. Just used a bit of curves and a small increase in saturation.
BTW, I like the old-type smilies better than the new ones. Glad they are back.
Nancy, I'm with you on the smiley faces! Beautiful blur and flowing lines. I might give it a slight CW rotation if it were mine and punch up the colors just sightly. I like the tree and the way it seems to get tangled into the BG. Love it!
You can thank me for the old smilies...I complained about the new ones and voila!
The image and blur amount is beautiful. I agree with Denise that I really like how the branches of the trees get tangled up into the BG - very nice. Compositionally, I kind of wish there was a little more room on the left side and a little less on the right but that's probably just me.
Here is the image rotated and a slight increase in saturation. And Julie, thanks so much for complaining about the smilies. Those google eyes of the new ones are kind of creepy.