Tern Blur

[denise ippolito]

Sorry I haven't been participating as much as usual. I have been peeking in and looking at everyone's images. I took this at Nickerson beach during my recent workshop.
f/5.6 at 1/25 sec ISO 400. In the evening. I cleaned up one tern and cropped a little from the top and bottom. I used a slight panning motion as described in "A Guide to Pleasing Blurs" that I co-authored with Art Morris.
Sand and seaweed are on the bottom and the top is the ocean.

[Steve Bein]

sweet effect! I wonder if you considered cropping to a more pan effect. leaving less ocean and less foreground. I like that appearance also.

[denise ippolito]

Steve, Thank you for your kind words. I really am not a fan of pano crops and this is as close as I'm willing to go but you could certainly crop to more of a pano-it would work nicely. Thanks.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Denise,
I can see why steve suggested the pano as I too feel it would work but the OP works for me as presented as well. The pattern you caught works very well and the colors are very nice too.

[Maureen Allen]

This is such a pretty scene. Love it, Denise!

[noelle zaleski]

Denise, I really like the soothing pastels brought out in this image.

I may have to try this soon. Funny thing is sometimes my terns in flight look like this without even trying

I also like the idea of a pano for this image.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Denise, this is a lovely blur with beautiful tones too! The images you posted on your blog the other day from this workshop were stunning too!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Denise, I like the amount of blur and the soft colors. I especially like the seaweed (greens and reds) in the fg.

[Brendan Dozier]

I like the flowing pattern of the terns, and soft color tones on this, Denise. Nicely done!

[Stu Bowie]

Denise, love the way some of the terns are blending into the sand, together with the soft light and colours.

[Indranil Sircar]

This is beautiful, Denise. I love the soft pastel like colors. Nice blur. Just wish for a slightly bigger size

[denise ippolito]

Thanks folks, I appreciate it.

[Mark Fuge]

Very nice image and application, Denise.

I would tend to crop the bottom to the top of the dark area on the LB, if it were mine. I don't think the lowest part of this adds to the nice image ... but as you know ... Y I Y V!!!

[Arthur Morris]

Love the degree of blurring and especially the seaweed streaks just below the birds. I would vote for a decent crop from below. If you like this image you will definitely want to check out my 6/10/11 blog post, Variety; there are lots of great pleasing blur tips.

[Joe Senzatimore]

What a great feel this has. I too love the little bit of seaweed on the bottom. I feel that there is no need for a pano crop. I think it works well as is.