Feathers

jenko · Feb 22, 2014

Derrel · Feb 22, 2014

Pleasing to look at. The feathers along the spine area are interestingly rendered. Nice use of shutter speed to "show" us motion!

Annaa · Feb 22, 2014

Beautiful shot! Very aesthetically pleasing. I love the motion and the flow in this.
If I had to find something I would change, I'd try to get the amount of black on either side of the bird to be the same. Right now the front of the wings (right side) are almost touching the edge of the image, while there's a bit of spare room to the left. But that's being VERY picky. Great shot!

bribrius · Feb 22, 2014

okay. I have to disagree here. it is freaking me out. The blur at the bottom reminds me of a white dress of some sort. it looks like a big birds neck sticking out of a white dress. Like a bird person. Ballerina bird neck. I don't know but it is strange.

weepete · Feb 22, 2014

Nailed it. Brilliant shot!

jenko · Feb 23, 2014

Derrel said:
Pleasing to look at. The feathers along the spine area are interestingly rendered. Nice use of shutter speed to "show" us motion!

Thank you, Derrel!

Annaa said:
Beautiful shot! Very aesthetically pleasing. I love the motion and the flow in this.
If I had to find something I would change, I'd try to get the amount of black on either side of the bird to be the same. Right now the front of the wings (right side) are almost touching the edge of the image, while there's a bit of spare room to the left. But that's being VERY picky. Great shot!

Thanks for the suggestion, Annaa! I had thought about doing a closer crop, but just left it at the original size.

bribrius said:
okay. I have to disagree here. it is freaking me out. The blur at the bottom reminds me of a white dress of some sort. it looks like a big birds neck sticking out of a white dress. Like a bird person. Ballerina bird neck. I don't know but it is strange.

Thanks for your honesty! I agree it is a bit strange, but I don't mind that.