Egret in flight

Posted by
Harry (Apex, NC, United States) on 17 January 2017 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

My panning technique sucks and my shutter was way too slow, but somehow this came out kind of cool. Happy accident!

SONY SLT-A77V 1/5 second F/11.0 ISO 400 450 mm (35mm equiv.)

Welcome to all. I began blogging Retained-Images in 2004 at My-Expressions.com. It is gone now.

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

If you had tried to take this you would have found it impossible !

17 Jan 2017 6:03am

jpla from St Barthélémy d, France

magnifique rendu
JP

17 Jan 2017 6:52am

tataray from Charentes-Poitou, France

Du plus bel effet. Magnifique. )

17 Jan 2017 6:53am

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Superbe effet de vol tout en blanc merveilleux.
amitié

17 Jan 2017 7:24am

Gérard Flayol from Allauch, France

Representation of the movement very beautiful and stylized

17 Jan 2017 7:40am

rbassin from Tramelan, Switzerland

c'est très beau et léger

17 Jan 2017 9:14am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Nice original way of capture !

17 Jan 2017 10:03am

Frances from Boston, United States

I think I agree with you on this one. The end result is not bad at all.

17 Jan 2017 1:05pm

beach from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Excellent. Something mystical about this.

17 Jan 2017 3:02pm

Graciel·la (Vic. Catalonia) from CAT. New European State, Poland

Wow !! it's magical !!!

17 Jan 2017 3:49pm

Don from Spokane, United States

I think it looks great. A marvelous accident. It would be hard to duplicate tis fine shot. :-)

17 Jan 2017 3:49pm

jean pierre a from France

tres jolie photo!! amitiés

17 Jan 2017 3:57pm

Devi from Chennai, India

wwo !! What a terrific result !!! Fabulous shot :)

17 Jan 2017 4:14pm

omid from mashhad, Iran

:))
Amazing abstract!

17 Jan 2017 4:52pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

I like it!

17 Jan 2017 6:37pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

A cool "abstract" in the capture of this egret!! There is so much fluidity in its motion.

17 Jan 2017 6:59pm

Lewis from Harns, Netherlands

Fantastic result!! I like this happy 'accident' a lot.

17 Jan 2017 7:27pm

franz from Baden, Austria

Magical ... !

17 Jan 2017 10:00pm

Sarah Katherine from Suisse, Switzerland

Fab!

17 Jan 2017 10:02pm

Philnz from Ngatea, New Zealand

I agree I would have kept this shot as well. Sometimes it pays to try new things.

17 Jan 2017 10:11pm

Baldwin VW from Bejuma, Venezuela

A magical effect of movement !!! Fabulous "accident' ...

17 Jan 2017 10:31pm

L'Angevine from Angers, France

oh superbe ce mouvement

18 Jan 2017 8:34am

Anita from West Nottingham, Pennsylvania, United States

Your improper settings resulted in a lovely image!! I can feel the sense of flight.

18 Jan 2017 12:19pm

yo from Ile de France, France

Un accident bienvenu ! J'aime beaucoup !

19 Jan 2017 8:14pm

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