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After weeks of clouds and rain here in New York City the sun finally came out on Thursday Afternoon. This allowed me to take photos during the evening magic hour at Nickerson Beach. I was thrilled to have beautiful light on this fascinating and pretty environment. I took traditional portrait and documentary photos of the birds in there nesting area till the light level was low enough to allow me to drop my shutter speed and do blurs. Having heard people's responses to my blurs in past posts, this set will avoid extreme abstract images and focus on composition, light, color and flow. Please let me know what you like and/or don't care for.

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060718DSC_0817_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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060718DSC_0778_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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060718DSC_0793_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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060718DSC_0960_DxO-2 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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060718DSC_1073_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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060718DSC_1394_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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060718DSC_1417_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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060718DSC_0779_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

All images D500 + Sigma 150-600 Sport @ f6.3, 600mm with ISO between 400 and 1600

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Jun 09, 2018 at 01:17 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Beautiful Blurs

The problem with Terns and low light is that you totally lose the eyes Morris. 2 would stand out with a hint of the eye ~ Ron

Jun 09, 2018 at 04:18 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Beautiful Blurs

Really like the oystercatcher, Morris!
- Mike

Jun 09, 2018 at 05:48 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Beautiful Blurs

I like #2. But the motion in the background paired with the birds' motions really catch my attention.

Jun 09, 2018 at 06:02 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Beautiful Blurs

4 is my pick Morris.

Birdie

Jun 09, 2018 at 06:14 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Beautiful Blurs

I love the artful nature of your blurs, Morris. I agree with Birdie, #4 is my favorite from this set

Best Wishes,
Don

Jun 10, 2018 at 08:21 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Beautiful Blurs

surfnron wrote:
The problem with Terns and low light is that you totally lose the eyes Morris. 2 would stand out with a hint of the eye ~ Ron

Thank you Ron,
I see both eyes in that image. Am I imagining this?

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MStapert wrote:
Really like the oystercatcher, Morris!
- Mike

Thank you Mike,
That was a magic moment

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StephenS_CP wrote:
I like #2. But the motion in the background paired with the birds' motions really catch my attention.

Thank you Stephen,
I've been shooting blurs for a long time and this day was the first time I was able to blur the waves motion

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birdied wrote:
4 is my pick Morris.

Birdie

Thank you Roberta

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No Regrets wrote:
I love the artful nature of your blurs, Morris. I agree with Birdie, #4 is my favorite from this set

Best Wishes,
Don

Thank you Don,

Morris

Jun 11, 2018 at 06:39 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Beautiful Blurs

morris wrote:
Thank you Ron,
I see both eyes in that image. Am I imagining this?

Morris

I went back and looked again. They are there, but I had to look very close to see them ~ Ron

Jun 11, 2018 at 06:44 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Beautiful Blurs

Morris, Nice shots, but different and eye catching

Chris S.

Jun 11, 2018 at 06:46 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Beautiful Blurs

morris wrote:
I see both eyes in that image. Am I imagining this?

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Yes you are

jk
While I appreciate the artistic side of these images, I am with Ron about the eyes, Morris. We know birds have eyes and our natural tendency as humans is to make eye contact. The one golden rule of wildlife photography. However I find hard to make eye contact with most of your images. Opening the eye shadows will allow the eye contact with the viewers and will give more life to the birds IMO, but if you are pleased with the images that's all that counts

Socrate

Jun 11, 2018 at 08:14 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Beautiful Blurs

Shasoc wrote:
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Yes you are

Socrate

Thank you Socrate,

Normally I live by visible eyes. Normally my blurs are more abstract and with these looking mostly like there subject I see how the visibility of the eyes becomes important. The easiest way to solve this is to turn my flash on as I had it off for these.

Morris

Jun 11, 2018 at 10:08 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Beautiful Blurs

I like 2 and the oystercatcher, I like the ones that have part of the image sharp, but other blurred, the best. Although I do like 8

Jun 11, 2018 at 10:19 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Beautiful Blurs

AmbientMike wrote:
I like 2 and the oystercatcher, I like the ones that have part of the image sharp, but other blurred, the best. Although I do like 8

Thank you Mike,

8 is my faverate

Morris

Jun 13, 2018 at 07:43 AM


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