Moorhens get the motion blur treatment

By Paul Cecil | Published November 28, 2011

Another dull November day (we even had some rain tonight), but a dull day has it's advantages and means I was able to get these shots of the local moorhens.

The gulls are a good deal easier to photograph… almost too easy.

And that really was about it for the day.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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18 Comments

  1. derWandersmann November 29, 2011 at 5:11 am #

    That last is perfect!

  2. serola November 29, 2011 at 7:11 am #

    :yes: for the last picture :wizard: A little more contrast perhaps :sherlock:

  3. studio41 November 29, 2011 at 10:11 am #

    WOWOWOW! that last photo looks angelic!

  4. gdare November 29, 2011 at 4:11 pm #

    Originally posted by studio41:

    that last photo looks angelic!

    Or ghostly :left:

  5. Words November 30, 2011 at 12:11 am #

    Erwin, thanks!

  6. Words November 30, 2011 at 12:11 am #

    dW, thanks!

  7. Words November 30, 2011 at 12:11 am #

    Sami, I've already added a fair bit of contrast to the final shot. I could play more (I'm learning new tricks) but there is very little to work with in the original shot.

  8. Words November 30, 2011 at 12:11 am #

    Jill, thanks! It's not often the local gulls are called 'angelic' :angel:

  9. Words November 30, 2011 at 12:11 am #

    Darko, :yikes: :jester:

  10. serola November 30, 2011 at 7:11 am #

    Originally posted by Words:

    Sami, I've already added a fair bit of contrast to the final shot. I could play more (I'm learning new tricks) but there is very little to work with in the original shot.

    OK :up: Same here, learning new tricks all the time 😀

    By the way, have you had time to write the quest article I asked for S&T? But no pressures 🙂

  11. anonymous November 30, 2011 at 2:11 pm #

    Anonymous writes:

    I love that last gull photo too – just exquisite!!

    Marilyn

  12. Words November 30, 2011 at 9:11 pm #

    Marilyn, thanks!

  13. Words November 30, 2011 at 9:11 pm #

    Sami, I'm working on it!

  14. studio41 December 1, 2011 at 9:12 am #

    Originally posted by gdare:

    Or ghostly

    I hadn't looked into the eyes :confused:

  15. SittingFox December 2, 2011 at 7:12 pm #

    Definitely think that the gulls are my favourites of your experiments with this technique – maybe their light colours and clean outlines fit the method. Excellent! 😀

  16. Words December 2, 2011 at 10:12 pm #

    Adele, the gulls do tend to work well, I think because of the lack of colour/contrast. I've been pleased with some of the herons as well (but I guess that's a fairly similar colour scheme) 😉

  17. serola December 4, 2011 at 4:12 pm #

    Originally posted by Words:

    I'm working on it!

    :up: :happy:

  18. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Perfect…very nice