Not Another Skimmer Flock Blur!
This image was created on the morning of Sunday, September 4, 2011 with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens and the 1.4X III TC (hand held at 205mm) with the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV . ISO 100. Evaluative metering + 2 2/3 stops: 1/8 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode. Bottom row central sensor/rear-focus AI Servo AF.
Lens/camera body Micro-adjustment: -8.
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I should have mentioned, you can see a 1400 wide version of this one by clicking here and scrolling down. If you do, you will get to read my Rear Focus Tutorial.
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Art,
I like it a lot. The Pano works great for me and compliments the shape of the flock. Nice bands of color. High energy, strong feeling of flight. The only thing I might fool around with are the lower single skimmers under the right hand side single file that almost look like a smudge, one center-right and one far right. Otherwise way, cool.
I like the resulting image, pano crop really makes this image, I like that some of the birds bill show...agree with Jay regarding birds on right....very nice tutorial by the way, thanks
Thanks. I do see the smudge far right below--not sure what it is. The next smudge and the one behind it are Sanderlings and I like them. I did not even notice them till you pointed them out so thanks!Originally Posted by Jay Sheinfield
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Artie.....This may be one of my favorite flock blur images! Really like the way you see just enough of the skimmers and still have such a strong sense of motion. You nailed the correct shutter speed! You might consider adding a bit of canvas to the RHS via content aware to give a bit more room for the lead bird to fly into.
Beautiful! The sea weed, the amount of blur, the birds positions and shapes,the wave and the horizon all came together very nicely for this one.
Artie, this one is outstanding and one of your best! The flow of the birds against the wave is just beautiful. I love the pano crop and the details on the larger version.
Artie, I'm glad I followed the link and looked at the larger version; as nice as the posted image here is, the larger version just allows you to appreciate it all the more. I love the bands of color, particularly the pastel aqua in the ocean; the wave on the RHS is a nice compositional touch as well. The dual line of skimmers streaming into a single line makes for strong visuals as your eye follows the image...serenity in the midst of flight.
Hi Arthur, very nicely blurred! The birds and the waves and the pano crop are beautiful. Very nice work!
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