European Starling Blur ***copied from Avian***

[Rosl Roessner]

I took this image when large flocks of starling flew in for the night to rest in a sheltered area.
I tried a lot with different shutter speed.
The image I like most is the one I attached.
I really like to hear your image critique...
At least I had a great evening, joining the birds and my camera , even if your critique is heavy
BTW: Good to be back here again; hope I have more time to learn here again!

Mark IV
Canon 70 - 200 f 2.8
1/25 sec / f 25 / ISO 1000

Rose

[Arthur Morris]

I love everything about this one including the black and white look, the different degrees of blurring, and the shape of the flock. Great to see you back here.

[Tom Rambaut]

Love the different degrees of bluring as it gives the feel that the flock if rolling (if that is the right word)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow this is great!! Very creative and artistic. I love the distorted curvature on some of the birds. I'm copying this to OOTB as this image deserves to bee seen there...

[Stuart Hill]

Vary rare I like blurs. I love this one. Abstract and graphical, B&W was definately the right choice. I hope this image is hanging somewhere!

regards.
Stu.

[denise ippolito]

Fantastic composition and blur. I love the B&W and the way the birds in the center seem to be on a diagonal. Nice to see you posting here again.

[Dennis Bishop]

With the strong diagonals and the horizontal gray blurs in the negative space on the left, I assumed that the starlings were flying left to right. It was a surprise when I realized they were going in the opposite direction. That shows the value of good composition. You did a great job on both capture and processing.

[Indranil Sircar]

Awesome composition! I love the flow and the pattern it has created. Excellent work!

[Steve Adkins]

As other have said, wonderful image and the processing takes it over the top for me. Well done!

[Mark Fuge]

Very nice image and processing. B&W is perfect for this, with the simplicity of the colors. Well done!