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I've chased the shouting wind along
1st PlaceI've chased the shouting wind along
vawendy


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Challenge: Abstract Motion via Subject (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2012 Challenge shots
Date: Jul 3, 2012
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2012

[Jul. 10th, 2012 08:41:18 AM]

I had a blast with this challenge! My husband and I took the ferry across the river -- there's always a group of seagulls following the ferry.

What I was trying to do was to get the water that was churning behind the ferry along with the movement of the bird, so that it wasn't a panning shot, but the water and the bird that created the movement. It was incredibly difficult to hold the camera still and let the bird fly through -- it's so natural to try to pan!! This was a lot more difficult than I expected, but it was a lot of fun!

Here's two of my favorites:



Other outtakes:

One of the biggest surprises was this one -- I absolutely love it:



The seagull was standing on the end of the boat, the water was churning in the background. He stood there for a little while, and then walked out of the picture. Voila! A texture overlay without photoshop!

I really have to remember to do shots like this while doing my regular shots. You get some absolutely wonderful surprises.

Thanks for the wonderful comments and votes!

[Jul. 10th, 2012 11:00:57 PM]

Oh, I forgot that I had used the title before. I thought I had only used other bits and pieces, and I submitted it quickly without time to rethink or look. But it really is the best part of that poem for this. He does seem to be chasing the wing. :)

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 40
Avg (all users): 7.1048
Avg (commenters): 8.2727
Avg (participants): 6.8421
Avg (non-participants): 7.1628
Views since voting: 3398
Views during voting: 221
Votes: 105
Comments: 24
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 07/17/2012 07:31:38 PM
Congratulations on the blue, Wendy. What fluid beauty! I love your gallery of outtakes - faved 3 shots in there too.

Message edited by author 2012-07-17 19:32:23.
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 07/14/2012 06:10:55 PM
Beautiful shot! Congrats on your well deserved blue!!
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 07/12/2012 02:27:42 AM
congratulations - this was my no. 1
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 07/11/2012 12:17:16 PM
Beautiful shot! Congratulations on a nice finish too.
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 07/11/2012 11:02:55 AM
Way to go Wendy, again :-)

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 07/11/2012 10:52:45 AM
Superb image and not a bad finish,Congratulations.
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 07/11/2012 07:31:07 AM
Congratulations on the blue, Wendy. The outtakes are fantastic, too. What a great batch of images.
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 07/11/2012 03:01:17 AM
THIS IS AWESOME WELL DOEN AGAIN AND I LOVE TO SEE THIS ONE IN A LARGE FORMAT IN CANVAS ON A WALL XOX YOU ARE PACKING IN THE BLUES MY DEAR AND YOU DESERVE EVERYONE OF THEM XOX
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 07/11/2012 02:56:51 AM
Superb image, Wendy. It's going straight into my favourites. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 07/11/2012 12:15:53 AM
Fascinating - a very worthwhile experiment!
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 07/11/2012 12:05:21 AM
Congrats to you, Wendy! ;-)
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 07/11/2012 12:02:39 AM
wow, this is great! congratulations.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/10/2012 11:03:19 PM
beautiful capture
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 07/10/2012 10:35:42 PM
nice image though title too used
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 07/10/2012 04:48:32 PM
The struggle
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 07/09/2012 02:33:45 AM
An image that really appeals to me. Wonderful!
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 07/08/2012 01:28:48 PM
Really artsy...very beautiful 10.
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 07/06/2012 12:05:43 PM
Almost looks skeletel.
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 07/05/2012 12:25:48 PM
Brilliant.
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 07/05/2012 07:56:29 AM
This is so beautiful, one of my top scorers.
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 07/04/2012 08:19:15 PM
nice representation of the wind
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 07/04/2012 10:44:38 AM
wanted to vote this down but left it 8
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 07/04/2012 08:45:32 AM
spectacular. this is by far the blue.
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 07/04/2012 07:49:34 AM
Perfect
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