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#203 Motion Blur
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1st - NEAT: A kid’s life
2nd - f_otto: Run over
3rd - Anthony Comyn: Hydropower our Souls
4th - aoc46: Commotion and Quiescense
5th - CalicoFrog: Who you gonna call? Ghost shoppers!
6th - SteveBee: Pepsi
7th - ysal: Paper Pinwheel
8th - jomari: In Vitro
9th - dodrizzt: Ghosts from the past
10th - kerszkavet: The Violinist
11th - RobertLavker: City Abstraction
12th - A.N.Other: Particle flow
13th - alis nocturnis: Don't drop the baton
14th - davemisunas: Foul Ball
15th - babysister: Propeller blur
16th - ladpupmoe: Brandy playing with toy.
17th - rd52: my african violet
18th - mrsawyer: Fast Flower
19th - Mepo: The Swirl of the Bagpipes
20th - cookiejar: Night, Light, Fun
21st - Elyod:
22nd - Lo: Reaching for the Sun
23rd - dk: fishing break
24th - Old Finn: Hurry evening
The Swirl of the Bagpipes
©2018 Mepo
Canon EOS Rebel T6i
19th
place,
24
points
1/5s
,
f36
,
ISO 200
,
457mm
,
Shutter Priority
,
Pattern
,
no flash
Post-Processing:
Crop. Clone out some distractions. Topaz brilliant warm filter.
Extra Info:
Military Tattoo. The Highland Pipe and Drums are always popular with the crowd.
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Jade O.
Aug 6, 2018
For any wondering this is purely provincial humour, though technically under federal jurisdiction.
I'd post a witty response but I can't cash in on the opportunity since I haven't been, like many federal employees (not that I could be called one), able to get things in cheque yet...
Mepo
Aug 2, 2018
Jade: Given your voting on my open entry I figured you must have been involved in that.
Jade O.
Aug 1, 2018
They worked on Phoenix too?
Mepo
Jul 31, 2018
The three wise men have been given their pink slips :-)
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mrsawyer
Jul 30, 2018
I think too much is unclear here.
Lo
Jul 30, 2018
I think you've captured the movement of the marching band really well, but the spectators distract.
babysister
Jul 29, 2018
Good subject. I would change the composition to remove the heads in the foreground and get in the tops of the buildings which would also give you more of a rule of thirds.
kerszkavet
Jul 29, 2018
You were shooting at 457mm but sadly this still feels quite far away from the main subject, and I'm not a fan of the three heads in the foreground. It's an interesting subject, and I wonder if picking out a small group rather than the whole band would have been beneficial?
aoc46
Jul 28, 2018
Not sure the motion blur adds much to this scene except fuzziness. A close-up view, e.g. drummers in sharp focus except for flailing drumsticks, might be more effective.
ysal
Jul 28, 2018
I love the feet of the marching men! The 3 heads in the foreground are very distracting.
Jade O.
Jul 28, 2018
I would maybe be o.k. with the marching band blurred, their legs in particular have a pleasing effect, but with the heads in the foreground OOF and the background blurred, nothing works here for me. I think I would have framed the bottom of the image just below the band.
NEAT
Jul 26, 2018
I think a tighter crop of just the men marching would’ve enhanced this composition a lot more, the three men in the foreground are very distracting. I do like the motion that you have achieved though.
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