Snowy Egret
by Mark-A

Comment:
Well, your profile does not say where you are from, however this looks like a Great Egret. I think I might like to see the whole bird. :)

Great shot, and very nice bokeh.

Watchful Eye
by aliqui

Comment:
very nice!

geeses.jpg
by aliqui

Comment:
Wow. Lots of geese, some ducks, and a mute swan

"Percy", Up-Close
by sherpet

Comment:
He is a cutey!

Toronto @ 3:40 am
by Shutter-For-Hire

Comment:
Great work. Here is my version!

Waiting...
by CEJ

Comment:
Corgis are cute!

- Waiting -
by andrewt

Comment:
Way to go Andrew!! This was the best choice for sure. :)

You are well on your way to being a rising dpc star!

Seebe,Alberta
by CWelch

Comment:
ok. I just looked at the full sized version and it is definately motion blur. the guy at the top is not going as fast cause he just jumped, so he is less blurry, and the guy at the bottom is blurriest cause he is biggest and going the fastest. Increase your shutter speed.

Seebe,Alberta
by CWelch

Comment:
It is one of two things. Either your shutter speed is not fast enough to stop their motion (which I doubt is the case since the guy that is at the top is in fairly good focus) or most likely is that you are focused on the background scenery, so the guys jumping (and the foreground rocks) are out of focus. notice that the guy that is highest up is also farthest away which is where the camera seems to be focused.

So to fix this you would need to shoot it by either choosing manual focus and focusing on the area where you know they will be jumping and or making sure you are shooting at a shutter speed of about 1/500 sec or more, and the larger fstop # the better because you will have more in focus. Or you can use focus tracking mode and start off by pointing the camera upwards at them and shoot a continuous stream of photos as you follow them downwards.

I just checked your photo and you were shooting at 1/200 sec at f7.1. You were using iso 100. I would play around with higher shutter speeds, and then with higher fstop # (getting more in focus) as well as the focusing mentioned earlier. You might also want to boost your iso up to iso 320 or so to get those higher shutter speeds and fstops easier.

Keeping Watch
by CWelch

Comment:
Nice hawk! I would guess a red shouldered hawk. Unless his legs are feathery which would make him a rough legged hawk. Nice capture. this was in Jackson's park?