I caught this Hawk flying by me and took a few shots continuously, I like this one the best..
Wow I am really happy with my finish here. Though this ended up being a slightly controversial shot, As I was really excited to post my first entry I realized later that to get a shot within the time frame that fits the description perfectly can be hard. Thanks to all who voted and commented though most were about the panning issue, I do appreciate everyone for taking the time to comment period..
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It's a shame you didn't enter this in the wildlife challenge (running at the same time) because you'd have been looking at a ribbon - fantastic picture
It's a shame you didn't enter this in the wildlife challenge (running at the same time) because you'd have been looking at a ribbon - fantastic picture
Beautiful colors and capture! As stated before, more of a stop action than a motion panning. 32nd out of 128 is a great finish under the circumstances. :)
While I am sure you were panning to capture this, there really isn't anything to show me there is really any motion. A slightly slower shutter speed or the background being a bit closer would have yielded motion.
This is more stop action since the background has such bokeh and you can see the lens is not panning. However for a capture of a hawk it is an outstanding shot.
nice capture, but from a dnmc standpoint, the background blur appears to be more from a shallow dof than from panning. who knows, that's just how it appears to me. feel free to ignore me.
This photo has a lot going for it. I like the bird, the colors, the light, the nicely out-of-focus background (shallow DOF), but one thing I don't see is evidence of motion panning (where the subject is in focus, and the background has the tell-tale streaks).
it has probably already been said, but I will say it anyway....this is a good capture of a bird in flight, but the background kust looks like bokeh rather than motion panning.
and that could hurt your score.
I should know, it's hurting mine :-)
Incredibly nice stop action image. Colors, lighting and exposure are right on. (Of course that could be accomplished with RAW image processing from the original. lol!) Nice sharpness and excellent perspective on the hawk.
The image looks to be soft focused rather than motion panned. It does not show much background motion. That is probably because you took it at a fast shutter speed even though you obviously were panning the bird. Some voters will probably fault this fine image for that in this particular challenge.
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