In A Hurry
This took me forever to complete. It started out with the spoonbill flying past an island packed full of egrets, herons, and spoonbills all nesting in the background. I used Photoshop several times to get the motion blur on everything but kept a layer without the motion blur. After I got the motion blur effect I wanted I worked on bringing back the spoonbill. The selection process (using masking and selection tools) took a long time. I wanted to make sure I got every detail on the edge. To finish it up I gave the spoonbill a boost in saturation and used an unsharp mask on the spoonbill layer. Of course I still feel like it is unfinished but I always feel that way.
Thanks for everyone’s kind comments of this photo.
Kirk
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Brett Foster
Excellent work Kirk! The sense of motion is perfect.
Robert Elliott
superb capture !
gemynd
stunning image …you feel the speed it is a moment in time…fantastic
Tiffany Dryburgh
Sheesh, that’s amazing! All that work sounds exhausting, must have had very bleary eyes at the end! Must say, though, well worth the effort!
MaryO
Breathtaking. The colours are superb and the wings are captured great.
nick board
Nice job Kirk, and thanks for the info, on your technique.
Tracey Mac
Such a beautiful, image, well worth all the effort by far! :-)
DWarren
Well worth the effort I can assure you…......just awesome!
Lorraine Creagh
Faster than a speeding bullet. Well done.
CrispNsharp
Brilliant panning
Lesley Smither...
I think you have been extremely successful and I love it.
deborah parker
bloody amazing…. your paitence was rewarded!!!
Andrew James M...
this is fantastic, exellent shooting dude!!
Catherine Brock
Great work Kirk…
Cath :)
Darlene Marrya...
Beautiful colours and clarity! I appreciate all of the work you put into this!
Thanks for sharing this!
Kimberly Palmer
You did an outstanding job!
RachJayn
Lovely, nice work!
FlickerLightSt...
This is poetry in motion!
Alan Rodmell
All that work was worth it. An excellent shot
Kevin Kroeker
perfect… you have done an excellent job on this.
Jamie Lee
Well done!
howardtaylor
NICE WORK!!